231 further coronavirus cases Bury

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 Bury increased by 231 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 57,684 cases had been confirmed in Bury when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on February 1 (Tuesday), up from 57,453 on Monday.

The rate of infection in Bury now stands at 30,247 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the England average of 26,435.

Since January 31, the UK Health Security Agency has changed the way it reports coronavirus cases.

It means if one person tests positive for the virus more than 90 days after the first infection, two infection episodes will be recorded.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 112,452 over the period, to 17,428,345.

People with a positive lateral flow test no longer need to take a follow-up PCR test to confirm the result unless they have coronavirus symptoms.

UK case numbers currently only include LFT results for England and Northern Ireland, with lateral flow testing data for Scotland due to be added in the coming weeks.

There were also nine more coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Bury – following a change to how the UKHSA reports deaths.

As of today (February 1), deaths are also being recorded using the new episode-based case definition in England, to include those following possible reinfections.

This means a person is included in the total if they die within 28 days of any positive test – instead of their first ever positive test result.

The UKHSA said this means there could be a significant increase in the number of deaths reported in the most recent update.

The dashboard shows 681 people had died in the area by February 1 (Tuesday) – up from 672 on Monday.

They were among 22,183 deaths recorded across the North West.

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

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

The latest figures show 133,041 people had received both jabs by January 31 (Monday) – 75% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 84% 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.