THERE have been over 1,000 additional coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours across the North-East and North Yorkshire, according to the latest statistics.

The Government said a further 398 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died within 28-days of receiving a positive test in the UK, bringing the total to 55,024 as of Sunday afternoon.

There were 18,662 new people with a positive Covid-19 test as of Sunday afternoon, bringing the total to 1,512,045.

There were an additional 32 deaths in North East and North Yorkshire hospitals in the last 24-hours.

Daily death breakdown by NHS Foundation Trust:

County Durham and Darlington: 10

Gateshead: 2

North Tees and Hartlepool: 7

Northumbria: 2

South Tyneside and Sunderland: 8

Newcastle Upon Tyne: 1

York: 2

Here is a breakdown of the number of confirmed Covid cases recorded across the region:

County Durham: 18,064 was 17,915

Darlington: 3,042 was 3,017

Gateshead: 7,396 was 7,311

Hartlepool: 3,651 was 3,610

Middlesbrough: 5,307 was 5,254

Newcastle: 15,094 was 14,991

North Tyneside: 6,286 was 6,211

North Yorkshire: 12,499 was 12,375

Northumberland: 7,793 was 7,715

Redcar and Cleveland: 4,307 was 4,268

South Tyneside: 5,326 was 5,269

Stockton: 7,093 was 7,036

Sunderland: 10,486 was 10,401

York: 5,452 was 5,412

Total number of cases: 111,796

Increase since the last figures published: 1,011