79 further coronavirus cases and two more deaths recorded in North Warwickshire

A Coronavirus testing centre in Dalston, east London. There were a further 6,042 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK as of 9am on Saturday, taking the overall number to 429,277. A further 34 deaths were recorded.

The number of coronavirus cases in North Warwickshire increased by 79 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and two more deaths were recorded.

A total of 19,909 cases had been confirmed in North Warwickshire when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 22 (Tuesday), up from 19,830 on Monday.

The cumulative rate of infection in North Warwickshire, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 30,418 cases per 100,000 people, higher than the England average of 30,401.

In England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, if one person tests positive for the virus more than 90 days after the first infection, two infection episodes will be recorded, according to the UK Health Security Agency.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 94,297 over the period, to 20,413,731.

There were also two more coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in North Warwickshire.

The dashboard shows 185 people had died in the area by March 22 (Tuesday) – up from 183 on Monday.

It means there have been two deaths in the past week, which is an increase on none the previous week.

They were among 16,983 deaths recorded across the West Midlands.

The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in North Warwickshire.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.

The figures also show that nearly two-thirds of people in North Warwickshire have received a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 38,469 people had received a booster or third dose by March 21 (Monday) – 65% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

A total of 49,353 people (84%) had received two jabs by that date.

Across England, 67% of people aged 12 and above had received a booster.

Unlike at local level, the national rate was calculated using mid-2020 population estimates from the Office for National Statistics.