One more death recorded in South Holland

There was one more coronavirus death recorded over the bank holiday weekend in South Holland.

A total of 289 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on June 6 (Monday) – up from 288 on Wednesday.

They were among 14,196 deaths recorded across the East Midlands.

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

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 155,548 deaths were recorded throughout England by June 6 (Monday) – up from 155,470 on Wednesday.