MORE than 1,200 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the North-East and North Yorkshire today.

The Government said a further 570 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Friday, bringing the UK total to 70,195.

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 86,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.

The Government said that, as of 9am on Friday, there had been a further 32,725 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.

A further 401 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 48,150, NHS England said on Friday.

Patients were aged between 48 and 105. All except 14, aged between 54 and 93, had known underlying health conditions.

The deaths were between November 16 and December 24.

There were 33 other deaths reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.

There were 29 deaths recorded by hospital trusts in the region, including nine in County Durham and Darlington, two in Gateshead, six in North Tees and Hartlepool, three in Northumbria, one in South Tees, seven in South Tyneside and Sunderland and one in York.

 

Here is the latest breakdown of cases in the region, by local authority area:

Darlington – 4,130 – an increase of 29

County Durham – 22,787– an increase of 213

Hartlepool – 4,935 – an increase of 65

Middlesbrough – 6685 – an increase of 51

Redcar and Cleveland – 5209 – an increase of 30

Stockton – 9010 – an increase of 74

North Yorkshire – 16,104 – an increase of 195

York – 6526 – an increase of 78

Newcastle – 17,230 – an increase of 80

North Tyneside – 7,848 – an increase of 49

South Tyneside – 7205 – an increase of 58

Sunderland – 12,728 – an increase of 88

Northumberland – 10,537 – an increase of 108

Gateshead – 8,793 – an increase of 99

Total: 1,217