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

A total of 258 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on June 23 (Thursday) – up from 257 on Wednesday.

They were among 11,047 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 156,496 deaths were recorded throughout England by June 23 (Thursday) – up from 156,432 on Wednesday.