68 further coronavirus cases in 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 68 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 28,965 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Bury when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on October 5 (Tuesday), up from 28,897 on Monday.

The rate of infection in Bury now stands at 15,188 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the England average of 11,990.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 33,049 over the period, to 7,967,985.

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

The dashboard shows 589 people had died in the area by October 5 (Tuesday) – which was unchanged from Monday.

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

They were among 19,369 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.

The national total number of deaths reported today may include a number which were unreported yesterday due to a delay from one data source.

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.

Vaccination uptake for the UK has been suspended to allow developers to work on a solution to include 12 to 15-year-olds.