68 further coronavirus cases in Merton

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 Merton increased by 68 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 27,728 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Merton when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on November 5 (Friday), up from 27,660 on Thursday.

The rate of infection in Merton now stands at 13,431 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 13,885.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 33,697 over the period, to 9,241,916.

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

The dashboard shows 428 people had died in the area by November 5 (Friday) – which was unchanged from Thursday.

It means there has been one death in the past week, which is a decrease on two the previous week.

They were among 16,788 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 Merton.

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.

Because of technical issues, vaccination data has not been provided today for local authorities in England and Scotland.