The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Bracknell Forest increased by 16 over the weekend, official figures show.

Public Health England figures show that 532 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Sunday, October 4 in Bracknell Forest, up from 516 the same time on Thursday.

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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 in Bracknell Forest now stands at 434 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 708.

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An issue was identified overnight on Friday 2 October in the automated process that transfers positive cases data to PHE.

The cases by publish date for 3 and 4 October include 15,841 additional cases with specimen dates between 25 September and 2 October — they are therefore artificially high for England and the UK.

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