One further Covid-related death has been confirmed in Bristol over the last 24 hours.
The fatality in the Bristol city region takes the total since the beginning of the pandemic to 563.
There have also been 594 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Bristol and its surrounding areas.
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There were 214 cases confirmed in the Bristol city region today - a significant decrease on the 342 confirmed on November 6 2020, exactly a year ago.
There were 165 new cases confirmed in South Gloucestershire, 117 in Bath and North East Somerset and 98 in North Somerset.
The total number of cases confirmed in each region around Bristol, with the daily rise in brackets, are as follows:
- City of Bristol - 70,493 (+214)
- North Somerset - 25,811 (+98)
- South Gloucestershire - 38,355 (+165)
- Bath and North East Somerset - 25,184 (+117)
The total number of deaths recorded in each region are as follows:
- City of Bristol - 563 (+1)
- North Somerset - 349 (-)
- South Gloucestershire - 389 (-)
- Bath and North East Somerset - 251 (-)
Across the United Kingdom there have been a further 30,693 lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases in the UK, the government said - taking the total across the country to 9,272,066 since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020.
There have also been a further 155 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid as of Saturday morning, bringing the UK total to 141,743.
However, the government data up to September 30 shows that 50,199,371 first doses of the Covid vaccination have been given throughout the UK - a rise of 42,715 on the previous day.
Some 45,812,839 second doses have also now been given, a daily increase of 21,905.
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