87 further coronavirus cases in Oldham

The number of coronavirus cases in Oldham increased by 87 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.
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.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.
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 87 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 45,572 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Oldham when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on December 7 (Tuesday), up from 45,485 on Monday.

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The rate of infection in Oldham now stands at 19,178 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the England average of 15,839.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 45,102 over the period, to 10,560,341.

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

The dashboard shows 717 people had died in the area by December 7 (Tuesday) – which was unchanged from Monday.

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It means there have been five deaths in the past week, which is a decrease on seven the previous week.

They were among 20,501 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, so some areas might see their figures revised down.

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The figures also show that two-thirds of people in Oldham have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 146,214 people had received both jabs by December 6 (Monday) – 68% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 81% 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.