THE number of coronavirus cases in Northumberland increased by 221 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.
A total of 34,475 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Northumberland when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on September 22 (Wednesday), up from 34,254 on Tuesday.
The rate of infection in Northumberland now stands at 10,646 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 11,362.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 33,560 over the period, to 7,530,103.
There was also one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Northumberland.
The dashboard shows 740 people had died in the area by September 22 (Wednesday) – up from 739 on Tuesday.
It means there have been six deaths in the past week, which is the same as the previous week.
They were among 6,489 deaths recorded across the North East.
The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Northumberland.
Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.
The figures also show that more than four in five people in Northumberland have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
The latest figures show 237,902 people had received both jabs by September 21 (Tuesday) – 84 per cent of those aged 16 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.
Across England, 82 per cent 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.
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