Two more deaths recorded in North Lincolnshire

There were two more coronavirus deaths recorded over the last eight days in North Lincolnshire.

A total of 482 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on September 8 (Thursday) – up from 480 August 31.

They were among 16,898 deaths recorded across Yorkshire and The Humber.

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

A total of 165,369 deaths were recorded throughout England by September 8 (Thursday) – up from 164,264 eight days previous.

The UK Covid dashboard is now being updated weekly on Thursdays.