One more death recorded in Merton
There was one more coronavirus death recorded over the weekend in Merton.
The dashboard shows 500 people had died in the area by May 9 (Monday) – up from 499 on Friday.
They were among 19,971 deaths recorded across London.
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Hide AdThe 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.
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 153,404 deaths were recorded throughout England by May 9 (Monday) – up from 153,224 on Friday.