58 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Rugby

The number of coronavirus cases in Rugby increased by 58 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 9,161 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Rugby when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on August 6 (Friday), up from 9,103 on Thursday.

The rate of infection in Rugby now stands at 8,279 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 9,289.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 31,442 over the period, to 6,014,023.

There was also one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Rugby.

The dashboard shows 153 people had died in the area by August 6 (Friday) – up from 152 on Thursday.

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

They were among 13,738 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 Rugby.

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 Rugby have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 62,653 people had received both jabs by August 5 (Thursday) – 65% of those aged 18 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 73% of people aged 18 and above had received a second dose of the jab.

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