132 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

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The number of coronavirus cases in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon increased by 132 over the bank holiday weekend, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 81,272 cases had been confirmed in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on May 3 (Tuesday), up from 81,140 on Friday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 37,413 cases per 100,000 people, higher than the Northern Ireland average of 37,368.

In England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, if one person tests positive for the virus more than 90 days after the first infection, two infection episodes will be recorded, according to the UK Health Security Agency.

There was also one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest four-day period in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon.

The dashboard shows 461 people had died in the area by May 3 (Tuesday) – up from 460 on Friday.

It means there has been one death in the past week, which is a decrease on four the previous week.

They were among 3,423 deaths recorded across Northern Ireland.

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

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