603 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Islington

The number of coronavirus cases in Islington increased by 603 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 44,889 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Islington when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on December 30 (Thursday), up from 44,286 on Wednesday.

The rate of infection in Islington now stands at 18,092 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 19,149.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 188,124 over the period, to 12,748,050.

Due to a data issue, newly reported cases from Wales cover a two-day period, meaning the total figure reported for the UK may be higher than expected.

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

The dashboard shows 336 people had died in the area by December 30 (Thursday) – up from 335 on Wednesday.

It means there have been two deaths in the past week, which is a decrease on four the previous week.

They were among 17,446 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 Islington.

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

The figures also show that more than half of people in Islington have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 147,500 people had received both jabs by December 29 (Wednesday) – 58% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 82% 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.