OXFORDSHIRE'S daily confirmed cases of Covid-19 have doubled in just 24 hours, the latest Government figures show, as people aged from 25 to 29 are invited to book their first dose of a vaccine from today.
Official figures show that as of 4pm on Monday, a total of 50 new coronavirus cases were registered in the county – more than double the number of those recorded on Sunday.
These are the daily cases separated by local authorities:
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Oxford – 20
South Oxfordshire – 13
Cherwell – 8
West Oxfordshire – 3
Vale of White Horse – 6
The total number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic started are:
Oxford – 9,747
Oxfordshire – 34,566
The UK has recorded a further one Covid-related deaths and 5,683 new cases with 154 patients admitted to hospital, Public Health England confirmed.
The health body recently changed the way it records the figures.
Cases identified through a positive lateral flow test – those which can deliver results within half an hour – will no longer be counted if the person then takes a PCR test, which is sent to a lab to be checked, and receives a negative result within three days.
The latest data shows that the NHS reached an important milestone as more than 76.8 per cent of the population has received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.
Nearly 60 per cent of adults have received their second jab.
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