157 further coronavirus cases in South Gloucestershire

The number of coronavirus cases in South Gloucestershire increased by 157 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 23,959 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in South Gloucestershire when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on August 6 (Friday), up from 23,802 on Thursday.

The rate of infection in South Gloucestershire now stands at 8,324 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 9,289.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 31,442 over the period, to 6,014,023.

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

The dashboard shows 353 people had died in the area by August 6 (Friday) – which was unchanged from Thursday.

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

They were among 6,901 deaths recorded across the South West.

The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in South Gloucestershire.

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.

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

The latest figures show 174,124 people had received both jabs by August 5 (Thursday) – 71% of those aged 18 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 73% 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.