252 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Manchester

The number of coronavirus cases in Manchester increased by 252 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 98,529 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Manchester when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on November 11 (Thursday), up from 98,277 on Wednesday.

The rate of infection in Manchester now stands at 17,729 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the England average of 14,183.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 42,401 over the period, to 9,448,402.

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

The dashboard shows 1,113 people had died in the area by November 11 (Thursday) – up from 1,112 on Wednesday.

It means there have been 11 deaths in the past week, which is an increase on nine the previous week.

They were among 20,089 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 Manchester.

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 Manchester have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 320,170 people had received both jabs by November 10 (Wednesday) – 57% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 80% 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.