THE latest Government figures show there were six Covid-19 related deaths in Somerset in 24 hours.

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

There were no deaths in Sedgemoor of people who had tested positive for the virus in the latest daily figures.

The overall total of deaths from any cause of people testing positive for coronavirus in the past 28 days now stands at 355 in the county council area.

South Somerset has seen a total of 106 deaths, with 72 in Somerset West and Taunton, 90 in Sedgemoor and 87 in Mendip.