THERE have been two more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in Barrow.

A total of 269 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on October 27 (Thursday) - up from 267 the week before.

There were four deaths in South Lakeland in the same period.

They were among 27,028 deaths recorded across the North West.

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

A total of 169,882 deaths were recorded throughout England by October 27 (Thursday) - up from 168,913 last week.