CASES of Covid-19 in Brighton and Hove increased by 957 over the weekend, official figures show – and one more death has been recorded.

A total of 62,732 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Brighton and Hove when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated today, up from 61,775 on Friday.

The rate of infection in Brighton and Hove now stands at 21,503 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 22,953.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 239,015 over the period, to 15,305,410.

People with a positive lateral flow test no longer need to take a follow-up PCR test to confirm the result unless they have coronavirus symptoms.

UK case numbers currently only include LFT results for England and Northern Ireland, with lateral flow testing data for Scotland due to be added in the coming weeks.

There was also one more coronavirus death recorded over the weekend in Brighton and Hove.

The dashboard shows 438 people have now died in the area– up from 437 on Friday.

It means there have been seven deaths in the past week, which is an increase on three the previous week.

They were among 19,485 deaths recorded across the South East.

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.

Figures reported on a Monday are likely to be lower as a result of a lag in reporting deaths over the weekend.

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

The latest figures show 202,816 people had received both jabs– 70 per cent of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 83 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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