266 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in Lisburn and Castlereagh

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 Lisburn and Castlereagh increased by 266 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 48,934 cases had been confirmed in Lisburn and Castlereagh when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 9 (Wednesday), up from 48,668 on Tuesday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Lisburn and Castlereagh, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 33,413 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the Northern Ireland average of 33,985.

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 66,870 over the period, to 19,373,884.

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

The dashboard shows 243 people had died in the area by March 9 (Wednesday) – up from 242 on Tuesday.

It means there have been five deaths in the past week, which is a decrease on six the previous week.

They were among 3,241 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 Lisburn and Castlereagh.

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