99 further coronavirus cases and two more deaths recorded in Rother

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 Rother increased by 99 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and two more deaths were recorded.

A total of 24,584 cases had been confirmed in Rother when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 31 (Thursday), up from 24,485 on Wednesday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Rother, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 25,419 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 31,485.

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 74,416 over the period, to 21,147,425.

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

The dashboard shows 375 people had died in the area by March 31 (Thursday) – up from 373 on Wednesday.

It means there have been three deaths in the past week, which is a decrease on four the previous week.

They were among 21,155 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 Rother.

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

The figures also show that three-quarters of people in Rother have received a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 64,163 people had received a booster or third dose by March 30 (Wednesday) – 73% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

A total of 74,817 people (85%) 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.