174 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Bury

The number of coronavirus cases in Bury increased by 174 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 63,917 cases had been confirmed in Bury when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 31 (Thursday), up from 63,743 on Wednesday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Bury, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 33,516 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the England average of 31,485.

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 74,416 over the period, to 21,147,425.

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

The dashboard shows 714 people had died in the area by March 31 (Thursday) – up from 713 on Wednesday.

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

They were among 23,160 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.

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

The latest figures show 102,401 people had received a booster or third dose by March 30 (Wednesday) – 58% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

A total of 136,105 people (77%) had received two jabs by that date.

Across England, 67% 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.