New coronavirus deaths have been recorded in St Helens, Knowsley and Liverpool as NHS bosses warn about the risk of a second spike of the virus.
After several days of recording no new coronavirus deaths, the St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust has recorded three new fatalities in its latest update.
This means that 180 people have now died across St Helens and Whiston Hospitals.
There were also three further deaths recorded at Liverpool's main University Teaching Hospitals Trust, while the city's other Trusts have not had any further deaths.
The total figures for the city's NHS Trusts are:
Liverpool University Teaching Hospitals Trust - 395
The Walton Centre for Neurology - 9
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital - 17
Alder Hey Children's Hospital - 4 (all adult patients)
Mersey Care Mental Health Trust - 3
The only other death that was recorded in hospitals in our region was in Wirral, where one further fatality means the peninsula's main Trust's total now stands at 201.
There were no further deaths recorded at the Southport and Ormskirk Trust or the Halton and Warrington Trust, which remain on totals of 133 and 114 respectively.
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The official UK coronavirus death toll has passed 36,000 after a further 233 fatalities were recorded.
Health authorities have confirmed there were 187 deaths in England, nine in Wales and 37 in Scotland linked to the virus.
Northern Ireland is yet to release its daily figures.
But when factoring in deaths at home and in the community, the overal total has been increased by 338.
The Department of Health's official toll has just been released and now stands at 36,042.
