THE number of coronavirus cases in Basingstoke and Deane has increased by 60 in the last 24 hours, official figures have shown.

A total of 14,568 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Basingstoke and Deane when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on September 16 (Thursday), up from 14,508 on Wednesday.

The rate of infection in Basingstoke and Deane now stands at 8,195 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 11,107.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 26,326 over the period, to 7,339,009.

The figure does not include cases for Scotland, due to a technical issue affecting the availability of the data on the coronavirus dashboard.

However, there were no new coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Basingstoke and Deane.

The dashboard shows 297 people had died in the area by September 16 (Thursday) – which was unchanged from Wednesday.

It means there have been two deaths in the past week, which is an increase on none the previous week.

They were among 17,866 deaths recorded across the South East.

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

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.

The figures also show that four in five people in Basingstoke and Deane have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 127,282 people had received both jabs by September 15 (Wednesday) – 81% of those aged 16 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 81% 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.