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

The number of coronavirus cases in Kensington and Chelsea increased by 92 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 19,250 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Kensington and Chelsea when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on December 3 (Friday), up from 19,158 on Thursday.

The rate of infection in Kensington and Chelsea now stands at 12,272 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 15,566.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 50,573 over the period, to 10,379,647.

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

The dashboard shows 239 people had died in the area by December 3 (Friday) – up from 238 on Thursday.

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

They were among 17,081 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 half of people in Kensington and Chelsea have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 97,576 people had received both jabs by December 2 (Thursday) – 54% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 81% 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.