One more death recorded in Merton

There was one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Merton.

The dashboard shows 493 people had died in the area by April 26 (Tuesday) – up from 492 on Monday.

They were among 19,824 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 Merton.

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

A total of 151,418 deaths were recorded throughout England by April 26 (Tuesday) – up from 151,005 on Monday.