156 further coronavirus cases in Salford

The number of coronavirus cases in Salford increased by 156 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 Salford increased by 156 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 37,640 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Salford when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on August 26 (Thursday), up from 37,484 on Wednesday.

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The rate of infection in Salford now stands at 14,328 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the England average of 10,193.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 37,962 over the period, to 6,628,709.

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

The dashboard shows 589 people had died in the area by August 26 (Thursday) – which was unchanged from Wednesday.

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It means there have been six deaths in the past week, which is the same as the previous week.

They were among 18,764 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 Salford.

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 three in five people in Salford have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 142,358 people had received both jabs by August 25 (Wednesday) – 61% of those aged 18 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 77% of people aged 16 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.