224 further coronavirus cases in Bexley

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 224 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 77,316 cases had been confirmed in Bexley when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 25 (Friday), up from 77,092 on Thursday.

The cumulativerate of infection in Bexley, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 31,013 cases per 100,000 people, higher than the England average of 30,804.

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 77,306 over the period, to 20,691,123.

People with a positive lateral flow test no longer need to take a follow-up PCR test to confirm the result unless they have coronavirus symptoms.

UK case numbers now include LFT results for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

There were no new coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Bexley.

The dashboard shows 677 people had died in the area by March 25 (Friday) – which was unchanged from Thursday.

It means there have been two deaths in the past week, which is an increase on one the previous week.

They were among 19,120 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 more than half of people in Bexley have received a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 127,007 people had received a booster or third dose by March 24 (Thursday) – 58% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

A total of 168,557 people (77%) 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.