Three more deaths recorded in Lewisham

There were three more coronavirus deaths recorded over the bank holiday weekend in Lewisham.

The dashboard shows 680 people had died in the area by May 3 (Tuesday) – up from 677 on Friday.

They were among 19,910 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 Lewisham.

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

Figures reported after a weekend are likely to be lower as a result of a lag in reporting deaths.

A total of 152,433 deaths were recorded throughout England by May 3 (Tuesday) – up from 152,066 on Friday.