249 further coronavirus cases in East Lindsey

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 Lindsey increased by 249 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 34,050 cases had been confirmed in East Lindsey when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 23 (Wednesday), up from 33,801 on Tuesday.

The cumulative rate of infection in East Lindsey, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 23,974 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 30,552.

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.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 102,267 over the last 24 hours, to 20,515,998.

This figure includes cases not reported by Public Health Scotland yesterday due to a technical issue.

There were no new coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in East Lindsey.

The dashboard shows 494 people had died in the area by March 23 (Wednesday) – which was unchanged from Tuesday.

It means the total number of deaths in the past week has been revised down by two.

They were among 13,040 deaths recorded across the East Midlands.