194 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in South Gloucestershire

The number of coronavirus cases in South Gloucestershire increased by 194 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 47,037 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in South Gloucestershire when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on December 15 (Wednesday), up from 46,843 on Tuesday.

The rate of infection in South Gloucestershire now stands at 16,343 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 16,523.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 77,741 over the period, to 11,010,286.

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

The dashboard shows 398 people had died in the area by December 15 (Wednesday) – up from 397 on Tuesday.

It means there have been three deaths in the past week, which is an increase on one the previous week.

They were among 8,131 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.

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

The latest figures show 213,971 people had received both jabs by December 14 (Tuesday) – 80% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 81% of people aged 12 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.