165 further coronavirus cases in Fermanagh and Omagh

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 Fermanagh and Omagh increased by 165 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 38,597 cases had been confirmed in Fermanagh and Omagh when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 11 (Friday), up from 38,432 on Thursday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Fermanagh and Omagh, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 32,894 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the Northern Ireland average of 34,242.

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 72,509 over the period, to 19,530,485.

There were no new coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Fermanagh and Omagh.

The dashboard shows 145 people had died in the area by March 11 (Friday) – which was unchanged from Thursday.

It means there have been no deaths in the past week, which is a decrease on one the previous week.

They were among 3,246 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 Fermanagh and Omagh.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death, so some areas might see their figures revised down.