Moorlands residents could finally be seeing some light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to Covid-19, with zero new deaths caused by the virus being recorded in the district, according to the latest weekly figures.

It is the first time that no new deaths have been recorded in a week since March.

The new weekly statistics released earlier today (Tuesday) by the Office for National Statistics state that nobody from the district died from the virus in the week ending Friday, 17th July.

It means that the number of people who have died from Coronavirus in the Moorlands remains at 78, at least for the next week.

However, three new cases of the virus were recorded in the last week, now bringing the total to 376.

In total, 55 of the 78 Coronavirus deaths occurred in hospitals, 15 took place in care homes, three people died in "other communal establishments", three died at home, one died at a hospice and one death was recorded "elsewhere".

Coronavirus has been involved in around 12% of all deaths in the Moorlands since the start of the year, with 672 people dying from all causes in the district so far in 2020.

There have been 3,822 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Staffordshire as a whole since the pandemic began.