Another person in Bristol has died after catching coronavirus, according to official figures.
The death was recorded yesterday (August 31) and means that 507 people have died from the virus in Bristol city while 1,472 have died in the wider Bristol Region.
The news comes as Public Health England report that a further 548 cases of the virus were discovered across the region.
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Of those new cases, nearly half (234) were found in Birstol, bringing the city's total to 54,982 since the start of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, 129 new cases were found in South Gloucestershire, 99 in Bath and North East Somerset, and a further 86 were recorded in North Somerset.
Today's update means there have been 115,980 cases of the virus in the region since the start of the pandemic.
The Government said a further 207 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the UK total to 132,742.
Separate figures published by the Office for National Statistics show there have been 157,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
As of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 35,693 lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases in the UK, the Government said.
The figures come following a bank holiday weekend when there is usually a lag in reporting deaths and cases.
Government data up to August 31 shows that of the 90,994,627 Covid jabs given in the UK, 48,086,605 were first doses, a rise of 38,596 on the previous day.
Some 42,908,022 were second doses, an increase of 117,437.
The total number of cases confirmed in each region around Bristol, with the daily rise in brackets, are as follows:
City of Bristol - 54,982 (+234)
North Somerset - 17,413 (+86)
South Gloucestershire - 27,679 (+129)
Bath and North East Somerset - 15906 (+99)
The total number of deaths recorded in each region, with any increase in brackets, is as follows:
City of Bristol - 507 (+1)
North Somerset - 323 (-)
South Gloucestershire - 365 (-)
Bath and North East Somerset - 232 (-)
