85 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in East Dunbartonshire

The number of coronavirus cases in East Dunbartonshire increased by 85 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 17,205 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in East Dunbartonshire when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on December 3 (Friday), up from 17,120 on Thursday.

The rate of infection in East Dunbartonshire now stands at 15,821 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the Scotland average of 13,461.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 50,573 over the period, to 10,379,647.

There was also one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in East Dunbartonshire.

The dashboard shows 226 people had died in the area by December 3 (Friday) – up from 225 on Thursday.

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

They were among 9,634 deaths recorded across Scotland.

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

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

The figures also show that nine in 10 people in East Dunbartonshire have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 85,143 people had received both jabs by December 2 (Thursday) – 90% of those aged 12 and over, based on mid-2020 population estimates from the Office for National Statistics.

Across Scotland, 83% of people aged 12 and above had received a second dose of the jab.