337 further coronavirus cases and two more deaths recorded in North Tyneside

The number of coronavirus cases in North Tyneside increased by 337 over the weekend, official figures show – and two more 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.
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 North Tyneside increased by 337 over the weekend, official figures show – and two more deaths were recorded.

A total of 20,270 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in North Tyneside when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on July 26 (Monday), up from 19,933 on Friday.

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The rate of infection in North Tyneside now stands at 9,749 cases per 100,000 people, higher than the England average of 8,872.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 84,323 over the period, to 5,722,298.

There were also two more coronavirus deaths recorded over the weekend in North Tyneside.

The dashboard shows 419 people had died in the area by July 26 (Monday) – up from 417 on Friday.

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

They were among 6,078 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 North Tyneside.

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 than as a result of a lag in reporting deaths over the weekend.

The figures also show that more than two-thirds of people in North Tyneside have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 122,218 people had received both jabs by July 25 (Sunday) – 70% of those aged 18 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 70% 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.