There were three more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in East Hampshire.

A total of 284 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on December 22 (Thursday) – up from 281 on December 15.

They were among 25,784 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 East Hampshire.

A total of 175,007 deaths were recorded throughout England by December 22 (Thursday) – up from 174,356 last week.