More than 5,600 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Swindon, according to the latest government figures.
According to the latest stats, updated today Tuesday 29th December at 4.36pm, 5,631 people have tested positive for the virus in the town with 144 people testing positive in the last 24 hours.
This gives Swindon a rate of 251.6 people with at least one positive COVID-19 test result (either lab-reported or lateral flow device) per 100,000 population in the previous 7-days.
Across the UK, a total of 2,382,865 people have tested positive for the virus with 53,135 in just the last 24 hours with a national rolling rate 381.5.
The number of people who have died from the virus in the UK stands at 71,567 within 28 days of positive test and 79.351 where the cause of deaths is COVID-19 on the death certificate.
In Reading, a total of 135 people have died from the virus within 28 days of positive test and a total of 198 deaths of people whose death certificate mentioned COVID-19 as one of the causes, registered up to Friday, 11th December 2020.
