278 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Manchester

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 Manchester increased by 278 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 178,481 cases had been confirmed in Manchester when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 8 (Tuesday), up from 178,203 on Monday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Manchester, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 32,116 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the England average of 28,863.

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 61,713 over the period, to 19,307,014.

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

The dashboard shows 1,269 people had died in the area by March 8 (Tuesday) – up from 1,268 on Monday.

It means there have been 10 deaths in the past week, which is an increase on none the previous week.

They were among 22,881 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 two in five people in Manchester have received a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 232,822 people had received a booster or third dose by March 7 (Monday) – 41% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

A total of 351,353 people (62%) had received two jabs by that date.

Across England, 66% 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.