THERE have been nearly 900 additional coronavirus cases since the weekend across the North-East and North Yorkshire.

The Government said a further 206 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Monday, bringing the UK total to 55,230.

Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been 71,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.

The Government said that, as of 9am on Monday, there had been a further 15,450 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.

It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 1,527,495.

Daily cases breakdown for the region:

  • County Durham: 18,220 was 18,064, an increase of 
  • Darlington: 3,074 was 3,042, an increase of 32
  • Gateshead: 7,458 was 7,396, an increase of 62 
  • Hartlepool: 3,681 was 3,651, an increase of 30 
  • Middlesbrough: 5,352 was 5,307, an increase of 45
  • Newcastle: 15,157 was 15,094, an increase of 63 
  • North Tyneside: 6,349 was 6,286, an increase of 63
  • North Yorkshire: 12,614 was 12,499, an increase of 115
  • Northumberland: 7,861 was 7,793, an increase of 68 
  • Redcar and Cleveland: 4,332 was 4,307, an increase of 25
  • South Tyneside: 5,388 was 5,326, an increase of 62 
  • Stockton: 7,149 was 7,093, an increase of 56
  • Sunderland: 10,556 was 10,486, an increase of 70
  • York: 5,489 was 5,452, an increase of 37

Total number of cases: 112,860

Increase since the last figures published: 884