117 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Mid Sussex

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 Mid Sussex increased by 117 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 41,627 cases had been confirmed in Mid Sussex when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 3 (Thursday), up from 41,510 on Wednesday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Mid Sussex, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 27,361 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 28,560.

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 45,375 over the period, to 19,074,696.

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

The dashboard shows 311 people had died in the area by March 3 (Thursday) – up from 310 on Wednesday.

It means there have been no deaths in the past week, which is a decrease on one the previous week.

They were among 20,689 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 Mid Sussex.

The UKHSA cautioned that today's Covid-19 death figures in England include some not reported yesterday, due to a technical issue.

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

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

The latest figures show 97,387 people had received a booster or third dose by March 2 (Wednesday) – 71% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

A total of 116,311 people (85%) had received two jabs by that date.

Across England, 66% 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.