Eight more deaths as county enters Tier 3

THERE have been eight more deaths from coronavirus recorded across Derbyshire in the past 24 hours, according to figures released by NHS England last night.

The Government said a further 648 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the UK total to 59,699.

Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been 75,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.

The Government said that, as of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 16,170 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.

It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 1,659,256.

Cases in the city and county have gone up by 272. In Derby, there have been a further 63 cases recorded, bringing the total to 7,888.

Elsewhere, there have been rises of 38 in Amber Valley, 30 in Erewash, and 33 in South Derbyshire.

Here is the breakdown for each local authority area:

■ ■Amber Valley 3,542 (+38)

■ ■Bolsover 2,534 (+27)

■ ■Chesterfield 2,719 (+30)

■ ■Derby 7,888 (+63)

■ ■Derbyshire Dales 1,253 (+18)

■ ■Erewash 2,941 (+30)

■ ■High Peak 2,371 (+11)

■ ■NE Derbyshire 2,901 (+22)

■ ■S Derbys 3,020 (increase of 33) Locally, the number of Covidrelated deaths since the start of the pandemic is as follows:

■Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust 783 (increase of seven)

■Chesterfield Royal Hospital 186 (increase of one)

■Derbyshire Community Health Services 24 (no change)

■Derbyshire Healthcare 2 (no change).