One more death recorded in Hackney

There was one more coronavirus death recorded over the weekend in Hackney.

A total of 567 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on June 20 (Monday) – up from 566 on Friday.

They were among 20,218 deaths recorded across London.

The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Hackney.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.

Figures reported on a Monday are likely to be lower as a result of a lag in reporting deaths over the weekend.

A total of 156,250 deaths were recorded throughout England by June 20 (Monday) – up from 156,186 on Friday.