THE latest coronavirus deaths have been released for Northumberland.

There were eight more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in Northumberland.

A total of 1,204 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on Thursday, November 24 – up from 1,196 on the week before.

They were among 9,627 deaths recorded across the North East.

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

A total of 172,941 deaths were recorded throughout England by November 24 – up from 172,376 last week.