68 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Sutton

The number of coronavirus cases in Sutton increased by 68 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 23,122 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Sutton when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on September 10 (Friday), up from 23,054 on Thursday.

The rate of infection in Sutton now stands at 11,132 cases per 100,000 people, higher than the England average of 10,884.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 36,734 over the period, to 7,168,806.

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

The dashboard shows 442 people had died in the area by September 10 (Friday) – up from 441 on Thursday.

It means there has been one death in the past week, which is the same as the previous week.

They were among 16,204 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 Sutton.

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

The figures also show that three-quarters of people in Sutton have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 130,416 people had received both jabs by September 9 (Thursday) – 73% of those aged 16 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 80% 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.