Covid-19: Eight more deaths recorded in Blackpool over the last two weeks

There were eight more coronavirus deaths recorded over the last two weeks in Blackpool.

By Will Grimond

Published 7th Jan 2023, 12:22 BST

Updated 7th Jan 2023, 12:22 BST

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A total of 726 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on January 5 (Thursday) – up from 718 on December 21.

They were among 27,977 deaths recorded across the North West.

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

A total of 177,037 deaths were recorded throughout England by January 5 (Thursday) – up from 175,007 a fortnight ago.

There was no update to the coronavirus dashboard on December 29.