Two more deaths recorded in Eastbourne

There were two more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in Eastbourne.

A total of 386 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on October 20 (Thursday) – up from 384 on September 8.

They were among 24,858 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 Eastbourne.

A total of 168,913 deaths were recorded throughout England by October 20 (Thursday) – up from 167,949 last week.