THERE were 2,820 further positive coronavirus cases recorded in the North-East and North Yorkshire on Monday.

The Government said a further 407 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Monday, bringing the UK total to 75,431.

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 91,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.

The Government said that, as of 9am on Monday, there had been a further 58,784 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.The figures do not represent results from the whole UK due to data on deaths not being reported by Scotland on Monday.

It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 2,713,563.

Here is a break down of cases in our parts of the North East and North Yorkshire:

  • Darlington 4,687 was 4,614
  • County Durham 25, 837 was 25,382
  • Hartlepool 5,882 was 5,719
  • Middlesbrough 7,529 was 7,400
  • Redcar and Cleveland 5,791 was 5,660
  • Stockton 10,061 was 9,900
  • North Yorkshire 19,014 was 18 491
  • York 7,891 was 7,718
  • Newcastle 18,091 was 17,938
  • North Tyneside 8,540 was 8,442
  • South Tyneside 8,138 was 8,011
  • Sunderland 14,440 was 14,172
  • Northumberland 12,005 was 11,787
  • Gateshead 9,887 was 9,730.
  • Total: 157, 784.