September 23 Update: Just seven further Swindon covid cases reported

By Barrie Hudson - 23 September 2021

Health

The latest report from NHS England has revealed that no further deaths from covid have been reported at Great Western Hospital. It has been two days since the last such deaths were reported. This means the coronavirus death toll at Great Western Hospital since the start of the outbreak remains at 345. These figures are correct up to 4pm yesterday.

According to the data released today at 4pm, there were seven new confirmed coronavirus cases reported in the previous 24 hours in Swindon, meaning the total rose to 21,305 confirmed cases since the start of the outbreak. In the previous seven days there were 689 new confirmed cases in Swindon. In Wiltshire there had been 144 new cases in the previous 24 hours, meaning the number of people who had tested positive in Wiltshire was 36,729. This meant that in the previous seven days there had been been 1,483 new confirmed cases in Wiltshire. 

All figures are split by local authority. Please note that new cases are the figures reported by Public Health England and do not take into account delays in the return of positive test results.
 

As of 9am on 23 September, 7,565,867 people had tested positive for coronavirus in the UK. This was a rise of 36,710 positive tests in the past 24 hours.

As of 5pm on 22 September, of those tested positive for coronavirus in the UK who died within 28 days of their test, 135,803 had died across all settings. This was an increase of 182.

To find out how Swindon Link puts its daily figures together press here.

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