THE number of cases of coronavirus in Reading has been revised down, official figures show.
Public Health England figures show that 585 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am Tuesday morning (June 2) in Reading, down from 586 the same time on Monday.
A week before, there were 580 cases.
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It means cases have not increased over the last 24 hours, while the rate of increase across the UK was 1 per cent.
They were among the 21,679 cases recorded across the South East, a figure which rose by 48 over the period.
Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.
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Across the UK, 277,985 people had tested positive for coronavirus as of 9am on Tuesday, up from 276,332 at the same point on Monday, Department of Health and Social Care figures show.
As of 5pm on Monday, 39,369 people had died.
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