THERE were four more coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Winchester, after thousands of deaths across England were added retrospectively.

The dashboard shows 215 people had died in the area by April 6 (Wednesday) – up from 211 on Tuesday.

They were among 21,703 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 Winchester.

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Due to a processing error, 2,714 people who died in 2022 across England were added retrospectively to the dashboard on April 6.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.

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A total of 146,963 deaths were recorded throughout England by April 6 (Wednesday) – up from 144,065 the day before, before the backlog was added.

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