204 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Newry, Mourne and Down

The number of coronavirus cases in Newry, Mourne and Down increased by 204 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 30,605 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Newry, Mourne and Down when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on December 3 (Friday), up from 30,401 on Thursday.

The rate of infection in Newry, Mourne and Down now stands at 16,847 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the Northern Ireland average of 17,152.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 50,573 over the period, to 10,379,647.

There was also one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Newry, Mourne and Down.

The dashboard shows 213 people had died in the area by December 3 (Friday) – up from 212 on Thursday.

It means there has been one death in the past week, which is the same as the previous week.

They were among 2,885 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 Newry, Mourne and Down.

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