61 further coronavirus cases in Kingston
The number of coronavirus cases in Kingston increased by 61 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.
A total of 18,318 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Kingston when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on September 16 (Thursday), up from 18,257 on Wednesday.
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Hide AdThe rate of infection in Kingston now stands at 10,225 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 11,107.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 26,326 over the period, to 7,339,009.
The figure does not include cases for Scotland, due to a technical issue affecting the availability of the data on the coronavirus dashboard.
However, there were no new coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Kingston.
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Hide AdThe dashboard shows 310 people had died in the area by September 16 (Thursday) – which was unchanged from Wednesday.
It means there has been one death in the past week, which is a decrease on three the previous week.
They were among 16,267 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 Kingston.
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.
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Hide AdThe figures also show that two-thirds of people in Kingston have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
The latest figures show 111,336 people had received both jabs by September 15 (Wednesday) – 68% of those aged 16 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.
Across England, 81% of people aged 16 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.