A FURTHER 115 coronavirus cases have been recorded in Swindon within 24 hours.

There have been 850 positive Covid-19 test results around the borough in the last week, which is 403 more than the week before - a rise of 90.2 per cent.

As of September 21, Swindon's infection rate stood at 310 cases per 100,000 population.

So far, 84.5 per cent of the over-16 population in the borough have had one vaccine dose and 78.6 per cent have had both doses.

Around the UK, there were 32,417 new coronavirus cases recorded and 122 new deaths of people who had tested positive for the disease.