123 further coronavirus cases in Bexley

The number of coronavirus cases in Bexley increased by 123 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.
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.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.
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 Bexley increased by 123 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 27,326 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Bexley when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on August 6 (Friday), up from 27,203 on Thursday.

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The rate of infection in Bexley now stands at 10,961 cases per 100,000 people, higher 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.

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

The dashboard shows 564 people had died in the area by August 6 (Friday) – which was unchanged from Thursday.

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It means there has been one death in the past week, which is a decrease on two the previous week.

They were among 15,807 deaths recorded across London.

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

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 two-thirds of people in Bexley have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

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The latest figures show 133,164 people had received both jabs by August 5 (Thursday) – 66% 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.