One more death recorded in Birmingham

There was one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Birmingham.

A total of 3,591 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on June 9 (Thursday) – up from 3,590 on Wednesday.

They were among 18,429 deaths recorded across the West Midlands.

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

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.

A total of 155,825 deaths were recorded throughout England by June 9 (Thursday) – up from 155,765 on Wednesday.