ONE further coronavirus death was recorded over the weekend in Winchester, figures show.
A total of 230 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on Monday, May 16 – up from 229 on Friday.
They were among 22,878 deaths recorded across the South East.
The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Winchester.
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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 152,628 deaths were recorded throughout England by Monday, May 16 – up from 152,433 on Friday.
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