There were no more coronavirus deaths recorded over the last eight days in Hastings. A total of 316 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on September 8 (Thursday) – which was unchanged from August 31. They were among 24,375 deaths recorded across the South East. The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Hastings. A total of 165,369 deaths were recorded throughout England by September 8 (Thursday) – up from 164,264 eight days previous. The UK Covid dashboard is now being updated weekly on Thursdays.