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

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 Newry, Mourne and Down increased by 120 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 65,976 cases had been confirmed in Newry, Mourne and Down when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 30 (Wednesday), up from 65,856 on Tuesday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Newry, Mourne and Down, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 36,317 cases per 100,000 people, higher than the Northern Ireland average of 36,158.

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 86,838 over the period, to 21,073,009.

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

The dashboard shows 255 people had died in the area by March 30 (Wednesday) – up from 254 on Tuesday.

It means there has been one death in the past week, which is a decrease on two the previous week.

They were among 3,320 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.