159 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Kensington and Chelsea

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 Kensington and Chelsea increased by 159 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 42,831 cases had been confirmed in Kensington and Chelsea when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 30 (Wednesday), up from 42,672 on Tuesday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Kensington and Chelsea, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 27,305 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 31,374.

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 86,838 over the period, to 21,073,009.

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

The dashboard shows 275 people had died in the area by March 30 (Wednesday) – up from 274 on Tuesday.

It means there has been one death in the past week, which is an increase on none the previous week.

They were among 19,161 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 Kensington and Chelsea.

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

The figures also show that more than two in five people in Kensington and Chelsea have received a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 76,310 people had received a booster or third dose by March 29 (Tuesday) – 42% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

A total of 105,989 people (58%) had received two jabs by that date.

Across England, 67% 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.