54 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in West Lindsey

The number of coronavirus cases in West Lindsey increased by 54 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.
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.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.
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 West Lindsey increased by 54 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 6,880 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in West Lindsey when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on August 18 (Wednesday), up from 6,826 on Tuesday.

The rate of infection in West Lindsey now stands at 7,153 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 9,814.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 33,646 over the period, to 6,355,887.

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

The dashboard shows 193 people had died in the area by August 18 (Wednesday) – up from 192 on Tuesday.

It means there has been one death in the past week, which is an increase on none the previous week.

They were among 10,373 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 West Lindsey.

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 West Lindsey have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 64,777 people had received both jabs by August 17 (Tuesday) – 81% of those aged 18 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 77% 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.