79 further coronavirus cases in Rugby

The number of coronavirus cases in Rugby increased by 79 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 11,713 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Rugby when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on September 16 (Thursday), up from 11,634 on Wednesday.

The rate of infection in Rugby now stands at 10,586 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 11,107.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 26,326 over the period, to 7,339,009.

The figure does not include cases for Scotland, due to a technical issue affecting the availability of the data on the coronavirus dashboard.

However, there were no new coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Rugby.

The dashboard shows 158 people had died in the area by September 16 (Thursday) – which was unchanged from Wednesday.

It means there have been no deaths in the past week, which is the same as the previous week.

They were among 14,242 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, so some areas might see their figures revised down.

The figures also show that three-quarters of people in Rugby have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 73,684 people had received both jabs by September 15 (Wednesday) – 74% of those aged 16 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 81% of people aged 16 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.