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

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 South Gloucestershire increased by 974 over the weekend, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 35,541 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in South Gloucestershire when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on October 25 (Monday), up from 34,567 on Friday.

The rate of infection in South Gloucestershire now stands at 12,349 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 13,254.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 119,825 over the period, to 8,809,774.

The figure does not include cases reported in Wales on Monday, due to a technical issue at Public Health Wales.

There was also one more coronavirus death recorded over the weekend in South Gloucestershire.

The dashboard shows 381 people had died in the area by October 25 (Monday) – up from 380 on Friday.

It means there have been two deaths in the past week, which is an increase on none the previous week.

They were among 7,556 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.

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 more than three-quarters of people in South Gloucestershire have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 209,114 people had received both jabs by October 24 (Sunday) – 78% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 79% 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.