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

A total of 255 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on June 7 (Tuesday) – up from 254 on Monday.

They were among 10,965 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 Mendip.

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

A total of 155,680 deaths were recorded throughout England by June 7 (Tuesday) – up from 155,548 on Monday.