CASES of Covid-19 across Brighton and Hove have risen by 153 in the latest 24-hour reporting period with two more deaths, latest figures show.

A total of 35,117 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Brighton and Hove when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on Wednesday, up from 34,964 on Tuesday.

The rate of infection in Brighton and Hove now stands at 12,037 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 13,783.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 40,803 over the period, to 9,171,660.

There were also two more coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Brighton and Hove.

The dashboard shows 406 people had died in the area by Wednesday – up from 404 on Tuesday.

It means there have been two deaths in the past week, which is the same as the previous week.

They were among 18,366 deaths recorded across the South East.

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The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Brighton and Hove.

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

The figures also show that two thirds of people in Brighton and Hove have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 193,955 people had received both jabs by Tuesday – 66 per cent of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 79 per cent of people aged 12 and above had received a second dose of the jab.

Unlike at local level, the national rate was calculated using mid-2020 population estimates from the Office for National Statistics.

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