374 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Newcastle

The number of coronavirus cases in Newcastle increased by 374 over the weekend, official figures show – and one more death was 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.
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 Newcastle increased by 374 over the weekend, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 37,141 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Newcastle when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on August 2 (Monday), up from 36,767 on Friday.

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The rate of infection in Newcastle now stands at 12,265 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the England average of 9,157.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 71,580 over the period, to 5,902,354.

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

The dashboard shows 454 people had died in the area by August 2 (Monday) – up from 453 on Friday.

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

They were among 6,120 deaths recorded across the North East.

The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Newcastle.

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

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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 more than half of people in Newcastle have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 145,037 people had received both jabs by August 1 (Sunday) – 53% of those aged 18 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 72% of people aged 18 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.