121 further coronavirus cases in Bury

The number of coronavirus cases in Bury increased by 121 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 31,416 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Bury when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on October 28 (Thursday), up from 31,295 on Wednesday.

The rate of infection in Bury now stands at 16,473 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the England average of 13,435.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 39,006 over the period, to 8,936,155.

However, there were no new coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Bury.

The dashboard shows 600 people had died in the area by October 28 (Thursday) – which was unchanged from Wednesday.

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

They were among 19,768 deaths recorded across the North West.

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

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death, so some areas might see their figures revised down.

The figures also show that nearly three-quarters of people in Bury have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 125,281 people had received both jabs by October 27 (Wednesday) – 71% 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.