170 further coronavirus cases in Boston

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 Boston increased by 170 over the weekend, official figures show.

A total of 19,853 cases had been confirmed in Boston when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 28 (Monday), up from 19,683 on Friday.

The cumulative rate of infection in Boston, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 28,026 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 31,128.

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 214,392 over the period, to 20,905,515.

The number of coronavirus deaths were revised down over the weekend in Boston.

The dashboard shows 225 people had died in the area by March 28 (Monday) – down from 226 on Friday.

It means there have been no deaths in the past week, which is a decrease on three the previous week.

They were among 13,075 deaths recorded across the East Midlands.

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

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death, so some areas might see their figures revised down.

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 half of people in Boston have received a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 37,003 people had received a booster or third dose by March 27 (Sunday) – 52% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

A total of 47,707 people (67%) had received two jabs by that date.

Across England, 67% of people aged 12 and above had received a booster.

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