152 further coronavirus cases and two more deaths recorded in East Renfrewshire

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 East Renfrewshire increased by 152 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and two more deaths were recorded.

A total of 35,347 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in East Renfrewshire when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 25 (Friday), up from 35,195 on Thursday.

The cumulativerate of infection in East Renfrewshire, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 36,797 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the Scotland average of 31,849.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 77,306 over the period, to 20,691,123.

The UK Health Security Agency includes possible reinfections for England and Northern Ireland only, and said it is working with the devolved administrations to align definitions across the UK.

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 now include LFT results for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

There were also two more coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in East Renfrewshire.

The dashboard shows 216 people had died in the area by March 25 (Friday) – up from 214 on Thursday.

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

They were among 11,287 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 Renfrewshire.

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

The figures also show that more than three-quarters of people in East Renfrewshire have received a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 63,800 people had received a booster or third dose by March 24 (Thursday) – 78% of those aged 12 and over, based on mid-2020 population estimates from the Office for National Statistics.

A total of 74,293 people (91%) had received two jabs by that date.

Across Scotland, 73% of people aged 12 and above had received a booster.