59 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in North Kesteven

The number of coronavirus cases in North Kesteven increased by 59 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 9,419 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in North Kesteven when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on September 8 (Wednesday), up from 9,360 on Tuesday.

The rate of infection in North Kesteven now stands at 7,972 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the England average of 10,792.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 38,486 over the period, to 7,094,592.

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

The dashboard shows 228 people had died in the area by September 8 (Wednesday) – up from 227 on Tuesday.

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

They were among 10,578 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 North Kesteven.

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

The figures also show that nearly nine in 10 people in North Kesteven have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 86,328 people had received both jabs by September 7 (Tuesday) – 85% of those aged 16 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 80% of people aged 16 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.