398 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Newham

The number of coronavirus cases in Newham increased by 398 over the weekend, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 43,331 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Newham when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on August 16 (Monday), up from 42,933 on Friday.

The rate of infection in Newham now stands at 12,197 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the England average of 9,724.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 83,745 over the period, to 6,295,613 – although the latest figure does not include the number of new cases in Wales due to a technical issue reported by Public Health Wales.

There was also one more coronavirus death recorded over the weekend in Newham.

The dashboard shows 629 people had died in the area by August 16 (Monday) – up from 628 on Friday.

It means there have been two deaths in the past week, which is a decrease on three the previous week.

They were among 15,890 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 Newham.

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

Figures reported on a Monday are likely to be lower as a result of a lag in reporting deaths over the weekend.

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

The latest figures show 156,505 people had received both jabs by August 15 (Sunday) – 45% of those aged 18 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 76% 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.