384 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Oldham

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 Oldham increased by 384 over the weekend, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 75,538 cases had been confirmed in Oldham when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 21 (Monday), up from 75,154 on Friday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Oldham, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 31,788 cases per 100,000 people, higher than the England average of 30,269.

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 225,672 over the last 24 hours, to 20,319,434.

This figure includes cases not reported by Public Health Scotland yesterday due to a technical issue.

There was also one more coronavirus death recorded over the weekend in Oldham.

The dashboard shows 816 people had died in the area by March 21 (Monday) – up from 815 on Friday.

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

They were among 22,998 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 Oldham.

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

Figures reported on a Monday are likely to be lower as a result of a lag in reporting deaths over the weekend.

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

The latest figures show 108,410 people had received a booster or third dose by March 20 (Sunday) – 50% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

A total of 155,215 people (72%) 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.