446 further coronavirus cases and two more deaths recorded in Calderdale

The number of coronavirus cases in Calderdale increased by 446 over the weekend, official figures show – and two more deaths were recorded.
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Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images

A total of 26,635 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Calderdale when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on September 20 (Monday), up from 26,189 on Friday.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 94,147 over the period, to 7,465,448.

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There were also two more coronavirus deaths recorded over the weekend in Calderdale.

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The dashboard shows 344 people had died in the area by September 20 (Monday) – up from 342 on Friday.

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

They were among 11,821 deaths recorded across Yorkshire and The Humber.

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

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 three-quarters of people in Calderdale have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

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The latest figures show 136,114 people had received both jabs by September 19 (Sunday) – 75% of those aged 16 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 82% of people aged 16 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.