169 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Antrim and Newtownabbey

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 Antrim and Newtownabbey increased by 169 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 52,658 cases had been confirmed in Antrim and Newtownabbey when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 29 (Tuesday), up from 52,489 on Monday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Antrim and Newtownabbey, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 36,630 cases per 100,000 people, higher than the Northern Ireland average of 36,084.

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.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 80,656 over the period, to 20,986,171.

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

The dashboard shows 296 people had died in the area by March 29 (Tuesday) – up from 295 on Monday.

It means there have been three deaths in the past week, which is an increase on none the previous week.

They were among 3,315 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 Antrim and Newtownabbey.

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