222 further coronavirus cases 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 222 over the weekend, official figures show.

A total of 37,277 cases had been confirmed in East Renfrewshire when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on April 11 (Monday), up from 37,055 on Friday.

The cumulative rate of infection in East Renfrewshire, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 38,806 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the Scotland average of 33,984.

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.

There were no new coronavirus deaths recorded over the weekend in East Renfrewshire.

The dashboard shows 222 people had died in the area by April 11 (Monday) – which was unchanged from Friday.

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

They were among 11,675 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, 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.