99 further coronavirus cases in Islington

The number of coronavirus cases in Islington increased by 99 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.
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.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.
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 Islington increased by 99 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 22,351 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Islington when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on August 18 (Wednesday), up from 22,252 on Tuesday.

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The rate of infection in Islington now stands at 9,008 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 9,814.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 33,646 over the period, to 6,355,887.

However, there were no new coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Islington.

The dashboard shows 295 people had died in the area by August 18 (Wednesday) – which was unchanged from Tuesday.

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It means there have been no deaths in the past week, which is a decrease on two the previous week.

They were among 15,931 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, so some areas might see their figures revised down.

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

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The latest figures show 119,234 people had received both jabs by August 17 (Tuesday) – 50% 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.