76 further coronavirus cases in South Gloucestershire

The number of coronavirus cases in South Gloucestershire increased by 76 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 30,713 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in South Gloucestershire when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on October 5 (Tuesday), up from 30,637 on Monday.

The rate of infection in South Gloucestershire now stands at 10,671 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 11,990.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 33,049 over the period, to 7,967,985.

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

The dashboard shows 377 people had died in the area by October 5 (Tuesday) – which was unchanged from Monday.

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

They were among 7,392 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.

The national total number of deaths reported today may include a number which were unreported yesterday due to a delay from one data source.

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.

Vaccination uptake for the UK has been suspended to allow developers to work on a solution to include 12 to 15-year-olds.