143 further coronavirus cases in Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon increased by 143 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 90,725 cases had been confirmed in Hillingdon when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 4 (Friday), up from 90,582 on Thursday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Hillingdon, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 29,360 cases per 100,000 people, higher than the England average of 28,616.

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 44,485 over the period, to 19,119,181.

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

The dashboard shows 722 people had died in the area by March 4 (Friday) – which was unchanged from Thursday.

It means there has been one death in the past week, which is the same as the previous week.

They were among 18,999 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 Hillingdon.

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 half of people in Hillingdon have received a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 149,059 people had received a booster or third dose by March 3 (Thursday) – 49% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

A total of 209,576 people (70%) 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.

Around 11,000 historical vaccinations carried out across England in 2021 have been included in today's figures.

They were previously uncounted due to a technical issue, the UKHSA said.