There was one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Crawley. A total of 270 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on May 26 (Thursday) – up from 269 on Wednesday. They were among 23,005 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 Crawley. Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death. A total of 155,142 deaths were recorded throughout England by May 26 (Thursday) – up from 155,082 on Wednesday.