349 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Trafford

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 Trafford increased by 349 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 63,381 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Trafford when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on January 14 (Friday), up from 63,032 on Thursday.

The rate of infection in Trafford now stands at 26,678 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the England average of 22,576.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 98,578 over the period, to 15,066,395.

People with a positive lateral flow test no longer need to take a follow-up PCR test to confirm the result unless they have coronavirus symptoms.

UK case numbers currently only include LFT results for England and Northern Ireland, with lateral flow testing data for Scotland due to be added in the coming weeks.

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

The dashboard shows 598 people had died in the area by January 14 (Friday) – up from 597 on Thursday.

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

They were among 21,348 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 Trafford.

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

The figures also show that three-quarters of people in Trafford have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 167,271 people had received both jabs by January 13 (Thursday) – 77% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 83% 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.