A FURTHER 656 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the North-East and North Yorkshire.

Across the UK, there were a further 12,330 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus

The Government said a further 205 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Monday, bringing the UK total to 58,448.

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 74,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.

A further 183 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 40,588, NHS England said on Monday.

Patients were aged between 52 and 95. All except three, aged between 84 and 93, had known underlying health conditions.

The deaths were between November 5 and November 29, with the majority on or after November 23.

Four other deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.

There were ten deaths at hospital in the North-East and North Yorkshire, with one in County Durham and Darlington, one in Newcastle and eight in York.

 

Here is a breakdown of new cases by local authority area:

County Durham: 19,203 was 19,099– an increase of 104

Darlington: 3,344 was 3,311 - an increase of 33

Gateshead: 7,771 was 7,743– an increase of 28

Hartlepool: 3,922 was 3,900– an increase of 22

Middlesbrough: 5,592 was 5,563– an increase of 29

Newcastle: 15,713 was 15,658– an increase of 55

North Tyneside: 6,781 was 6,752– an increase of 29

North Yorkshire: 13,271 was 13,208– an increase of 63

Northumberland: 8,448 was 8,388– an increase of 60

Redcar and Cleveland: 4,533 was 4,509– an increase of 24

South Tyneside: 5,746 was 5,693– an increase of 53

Stockton: 7,558 was 7,524– an increase of 34

Sunderland: 11,023 was 10,966– an increase of 57

York: 5,646 was 5,632– an increase of 14

Total increase: 656