251 further coronavirus cases in Crawley, official figures show
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A total of 25,368 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Crawley when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on January 6 (Thursday), up from 25,117 on Wednesday.
The rate of infection in Crawley now stands at 22,555 cases per 100,000 people, higher than the England average of 20,971.
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Hide AdAcross the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 179,731 over the period, to 14,015,065.
However, there were no new coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Crawley.
The dashboard shows 225 people had died in the area by January 6 (Thursday) – which was unchanged from Wednesday.
It means there has been one death in the past week, which is the same as the previous week.
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Hide AdThey were among 19,250 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 Crawley.
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 three-quarters of people in Crawley have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
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Hide AdThe latest figures show 77,824 people had received both jabs by January 5 (Wednesday) – 73% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.
Across England, 83% of people aged 12 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.