THERE have been more than 2,500 coronavirus confirmed cases in the North-East and North Yorkshire in the last 24-hours.

Nationally, there have been a further 47,525 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus.

It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 3,211,576.

A further 1,564 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday – the highest number of UK deaths reported on a single day since the outbreak began.

The previous highest daily toll was on Friday, when 1,325 were reported to have died.

The newly reported deaths brings the UK total to 84,767.

Here is a breakdown of cases by local authority area in the last 24-hours:

Darlington: 5,255 was 5,181

County Durham: 28,653 was 28,233

Hartlepool:  6,735 was 6,608 

Middlesbrough: 8,354 was 8,263  

Redcar and Cleveland: 6,475 was 6,376

Stockton: 11,211 was 11,035

North Yorkshire: 22,166 was 21,703

York: 9,593 was 9,393

Newcastle: 19,170 was 19,012  

North Tyneside: 9,258 was 9,166  

South Tyneside: 8,912 was 8,802  

Sunderland: 16,088 was 15,805

Northumberland: 13,079 was 12,945 

Gateshead: 10,849 was 10,702

Total increase: 2,574