One more death recorded in Newham

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

The dashboard shows 763 people had died in the area by April 5 (Tuesday) – up from 762 on Monday.

It means there has been one death in the past week, which is a decrease on four the previous week.

They were among 19,210 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 Newham.

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

A total of 144,065 deaths were recorded throughout England by April 5 (Tuesday) – up from 143,752 the day before.