Seven further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded 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 seven in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 37,147 cases had been confirmed in Fermanagh and Omagh when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 3 (Thursday), up from 37,140 on Wednesday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Fermanagh and Omagh, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 31,658 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the Northern Ireland average of 33,281.

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 45,375 over the period, to 19,074,696.

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

The dashboard shows 145 people had died in the area by March 3 (Thursday) – up from 144 on Wednesday.

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

They were among 3,220 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.