FIVE people have now died from coronavirus in Lancashire.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recorded three more deaths, while the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has had two.

The total for Blackpool is now at 185, while Morecamb Bay is at 162.

Both the East Lancashire Hospital Trust and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals have recorded 0 according to latest NHS figures.

The figures for both areas remains unchanged at 207 and 186.

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust also did not record any new deaths, leaving their total at 138.

The figures do not include people who died in care homes or the community and the actual number of hospital deaths is thought to be higher than reported due to a delay in recording figures.

Across the North West in total, there are 14 new deaths.

The UK death toll for coronavirus is now at 38,500, 113 more from the previous figures.

This is a decrease since Saturday's 177 record.