Another person has died from Covid-related illness in Somerset – as 511 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the region on Sunday August 29.
The new death was in southern Somerset, bringing its total since the start of the pandemic to 171.
North Somerset reported the largest increase in cases in the past 24 hours, with 105, followed by Bath and North East Somerset with 102.
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This brings the total number of cases in the Somerset region to 66,755 since the start of the pandemic.
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The number of positive test results in each area since the start of the pandemic is recorded below, with the new positive test results in parentheses.
Bath and North East Somerset: 15,663 (+102)
Mendip: 6 347 (+57)
Somerset North: 17,178 (+105)
Sedgemoor: 9 581 (+99)
Somerset West and Taunton: 9,589 (+76)
Somerset South: 9,613 (+72)
Total: 511 Total: 66,755
The number of deaths recorded in each neighborhood in Somerset since the start of the pandemic is as follows:
Bath and North East Somerset: 232 (-)
Mendip: 167 (-)
Somerset North: 323 (-)
Sedgemoor: 170 (-)
Somerset West and Taunton: 197 (-)
Somerset South: 171 (+1)
The government said 61 more people died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, bringing the UK total to 132,437.
Separate figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that there have been 156,000 registered deaths in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
As of 9 a.m. on Sunday, there had been 33,196 more laboratory-confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the UK, the government said.
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Source: www.somersetlive.co.uk
This notice was published: 2021-08-29 20:55:13
