116 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Enfield

The number of coronavirus cases in Enfield increased by 116 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 45,138 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Enfield when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on November 11 (Thursday), up from 45,022 on Wednesday.

The rate of infection in Enfield now stands at 13,531 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 14,183.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 42,401 over the period, to 9,448,402.

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

The dashboard shows 631 people had died in the area by November 11 (Thursday) – up from 630 on Wednesday.

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

They were among 16,859 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 Enfield.

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

The figures also show that three in five people in Enfield have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 188,366 people had received both jabs by November 10 (Wednesday) – 60% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 80% of people aged 12 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.