Sheffield's Covid death toll rises to 1,544 as six more fatalities are recorded

By Claire Lewis

Editor

Published 18th Apr 2022, 09:36 BST

Sheffield’s Covid death toll has risen to 1,544 after six more fatalities were recorded in a day.

Figures available for upto and including April 14 show that 1,544 people have died in the area after testing positive for Covid-19 – up from 1,538 the day before.

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At that time, a total of 15,158 deaths had been recorded across Yorkshire and The Humber.

As of last Thursday, 1,544 people had died after testing positive for Covid in the Sheffield area

placeholder image — As of last Thursday, 1,544 people had died after testing positive for Covid in the Sheffield area

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

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A total of 148,990 deaths were recorded throughout England by April 14 – up from 148,080 on Friday.

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