The Ormskirk & Southport NHS Trust hospitals have today sadly recorded seven coronavirus fatalities, including three on October 16 and four on October 17. The cumulative number of losses is now 182.

West Lancashire is now in the worst ten areas in England for coronavirus with a rate of 447.9 infections per 100,000 people.

We now have the latest number of coronavirus infections in West Lancashire. They rose by 91 to 2,506 today.

Chart of cumulative cases by borough