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image captionColin Cox said the strain on the county s hospitals was not sustainable
The deaths of more than 1,000 people in Cumbria from coronavirus is stark and hospitals remain under extremely serious pressure, the county s health chief has said.
Data published by Cumbria s Health Protection Board showed the figure was passed late last month.
Colin Cox, director of public health at the county council, urged people to continue efforts to slow Covid-19.
County council leader Stewart Young described the death toll as sobering .
Mr Cox said: We ve known we would pass 1,000 deaths, though seeing it in the official figures is stark and my thoughts are with everyone who has lost a loved one.