There was one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest data for Oldham.
A total of 863 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on June 21 (Tuesday) – up from 862 on Monday.
They were among 25,036 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 Oldham.
In Oldham, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that around 1 in 50 people were infected with the virus between Saturday, June 4 and Saturday, June 11 – the latest data available.
This is about consistent with the rest of England.
The ONS data is based on a representative sample taken across the country.
For daily death counts, these are revised each day – with each case backdated to the actual date of death.
A total of 156,355 deaths were recorded throughout England by Tuesday, June 21 – up from 156,250 on Monday.
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