554 further coronavirus cases and two more deaths recorded in Newham

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 Newham increased by 554 over the weekend, official figures show – and two more deaths were recorded.

A total of 102,126 cases had been confirmed in Newham when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 21 (Monday), up from 101,572 on Friday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Newham, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 28,746 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 30,269.

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 225,672 over the last 24 hours, to 20,319,434.

This figure includes cases not reported by Public Health Scotland yesterday due to a technical issue.

There were also two more coronavirus deaths recorded over the weekend in Newham.

The dashboard shows 758 people had died in the area by March 21 (Monday) – up from 756 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 19,087 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 a third of people in Newham have received a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 129,710 people had received a booster or third dose by March 20 (Sunday) – 34% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

A total of 219,867 people (57%) 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.