THERE were six Covid-19 related deaths in Somerset in the latest daily figures.

Deaths of people who had tested positive for the virus were recorded in each of the four districts in the county council area.

Of those, there were two in Somerset West and Taunton and two in Mendip.

There was once each in South Somerset and Sedgemoor.

The overall total of people in each district who have died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus tests has risen to 113 in South Somerset; 81 in SWT; 97 in Sedgemoor; and 94 in Mendip.

That takes the overall toll in the county since the start of the pandemic to 385.