THE number of coronavirus cases in Southampton increased by 206 over 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 38,988 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in Southampton when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on December 3 (Friday), up from 38,782 on Thursday.

The rate of infection in Southampton now stands at 15,418 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 15,566.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 50,573 over the period, to 10,379,647.

There was also one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Southampton.

The dashboard shows 382 people had died in the area by December 3 (Friday) – up from 381 on Thursday.

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

They were among 18,812 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 Southampton.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.

The figures also show that nearly two-thirds of people in Southampton have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 159,450 people had received both jabs by December 2 (Thursday) – 65% of those aged 12 and over, based on the number of people on the National Immunisation Management Service database.

Across England, 81% 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.