Number of coronavirus deaths revised down in Brighton and Hove
The number of coronavirus deaths were revised down in the latest 24-hour period in Brighton and Hove.
The dashboard shows 487 people had died in the area by April 8 (Friday) – down from 488 on Thursday.
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Hide AdIt means there have been 16 deaths in the past week, which is an increase on none the previous week.
They were among 21,797 deaths recorded across the South East.
The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Brighton and Hove.
Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death, so some areas might see their figures revised down.
A total of 147,539 deaths were recorded throughout England by April 8 (Friday) – up from 147,494 the day before.