One Covid death recorded in latest 24 hour period in Dorset
There was one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Dorset.
A total of 835 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on May 31 (Tuesday) – up from 834 on Monday.
They were among 10,928 deaths recorded across the South West.
The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Dorset.
Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.
A total of 155,380 deaths were recorded throughout England by May 31 (Tuesday) – up from 155,270 on Monday.
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