A total of 31 people have died from Covid-19 across the Ashby area during March and June, according to the latest figures.

Official data where the virus was listed as the cause of death has been released by the Office for National Statistics.

But figures show there were only two deaths in this area during June as the toll of people losing their lives becomes lower.

In line with the national figure, April was the worst month – with 13 deaths across the area as the pandemic reached a peak.

The figures divide Ashby into north and south - and the total for both is 15 people passing away in the town.

Data shows that six people died in the north of the town - with one person losing their life last month - and nine in the south, but with no deaths recorded in June.

In the Donisthorpe and Blackfordby area, which also includes Moira, seven people have died in total but nobody passed away last month.

The Measham and Appleby Magna area recorded one death last month and there have been four in all.

In Packington, Ravenstone and Coleorton, five deaths have been recorded but none last month.

The current UK total deaths figure - as of July 26 - stands at 45,738 - up by 61. The total number of recorded cases at the moment is 257,138 - an increase of 710.

Globally, there have been16,055,909 cases, up by 309,457, with the number of deaths recorded as 644,661, up by 4,761.

Of those confirmed cases, 9,267,601 people have recovered, which is an increase of 213,127.