622 further coronavirus cases and two more deaths recorded in Havering

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 Havering increased by 622 over the weekend, official figures show – and two more deaths were recorded.

A total of 82,668 cases had been confirmed in Havering when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 14 (Monday), up from 82,046 on Friday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Havering, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 31,716 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the England average of 29,434.

In England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, 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 170,467 over the period, to 19,700,952 – though figures for Scotland were not included due to a technical issue.

There were also two more coronavirus deaths recorded over the weekend in Havering.

The dashboard shows 974 people had died in the area by March 14 (Monday) – up from 972 on Friday.

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

They were among 19,040 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 Havering.

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

Figures reported on a Monday are likely to be lower as a result of a lag in reporting deaths over the weekend.

The figures also show that more than half of people in Havering have received a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 130,709 people had received a booster or third dose by March 13 (Sunday) – 56% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

A total of 175,222 people (75%) had received two jabs by that date.

Across England, 66% 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.