76 further coronavirus cases and three more deaths recorded in Boston

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 Boston increased by 76 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and three more deaths were recorded.

A total of 18,911 cases had been confirmed in Boston when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 15 (Tuesday), up from 18,835 on Monday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Boston, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 26,697 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 29,547.

In England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, if one person tests positive for the virus more than 90 days after the first infection, two infection episodes will be recorded, according to the UK Health Security Agency.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 119,229 over the last 24 hours, to 19,820,181.

This figure includes cases not reported by Public Health Scotland yesterday due to a technical issue.

There were also three more coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Boston.

The dashboard shows 225 people had died in the area by March 15 (Tuesday) – up from 222 on Monday.

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

They were among 12,971 deaths recorded across the East Midlands.

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

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

The figures also show that half of people in Boston have received a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 36,830 people had received a booster or third dose by March 14 (Monday) – 51% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

A total of 47,539 people (66%) had received two jabs by that date.

Across England, 66% of people aged 12 and above had received a booster.

Unlike at local level, the national rate was calculated using mid-2020 population estimates from the Office for National Statistics.