Thirteen more Covid-related deaths have been reported in Swindon in the past seven days.
All of the the people have sadly passed away within 28 days of a positive test for COVID-19 bringing the total number of deaths in Swindon to 156.
The news comes as new UK data showed a further 1,280 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Friday, bringing the UK total to 87,295.
Swindon has seen 916 new Covid-19 cases in the last seven days, down from 1,427 new cases last Friday (8 January).
The Government also said that, as of 9am on Friday, there had been a further 55,761 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.
It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 3,316,019.
Steve Madden, Director of Public Health at Swindon Borough Council has said The single most important action we can all take is to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives.
“Everyone must play their part. Now more than ever: to show we value our NHS workers, recognise the tough job they’re doing and the life-saving and enhancing services they provide to us, we all need to follow the ‘Stay at home’ national lockdown rules in place.
