Latest coronavirus figures for Oxfordshire - including the Banbury area

Oxfordshire stands just below the national average of coronavirus cases per 100,000 people.

Public Health England figures show that 3,501 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Friday (August 28) in Oxfordshire, in line with the same time on Thursday.

The health body is now including Pillar 2 tests – those carried out by commercial partners – alongside Pillar 1 tests, which are analysed in NHS or PHE laboratories and which made up the first stage of the Government's mass testing programme.

The rate of infection of new cases in the seven days to August 25 for the Cherwell district (per 100,000 people) is 8.6 - up from 6.6 the week before (three more cases).

The rate of infection in Oxfordshire stands at 506 cases per 100,000 people, just lower than the England average of 509.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 1,276 over the period, to 331,644.

​Oxfordshire's cases were among the 37,473 recorded across the South East, a figure which remained unchanged over the period.

Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.