100 further coronavirus cases in Brent

The number of coronavirus cases in Brent increased by 100 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 Brent increased by 100 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 41,829 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Brent when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on October 6 (Wednesday), up from 41,729 on Tuesday.

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The rate of infection in Brent now stands at 12,762 cases per 100,000 people, higher than the England average of 12,047.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 38,675 over the period, to 8,006,660.

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

The dashboard shows 736 people had died in the area by October 6 (Wednesday) – which was unchanged from Tuesday.

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It means there have been two deaths in the past week, which is the same as the previous week.

They were among 16,487 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 Brent.

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.

Vaccination uptake for the UK has been suspended to allow developers to work on a solution to include 12 to 15-year-olds.