86 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Harrow

The number of coronavirus cases in Harrow increased by 86 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 26,699 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Harrow when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on August 17 (Tuesday), up from 26,613 on Monday.

The rate of infection in Harrow now stands at 10,581 cases per 100,000 people, higher than the England average of 9,763.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 26,628 over the period, to 6,322,241.

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

The dashboard shows 519 people had died in the area by August 17 (Tuesday) – up from 518 on Monday.

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

They were among 15,917 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 Harrow.

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 Harrow have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 147,140 people had received both jabs by August 16 (Monday) – 61% of those aged 18 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 77% 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.