THERE have been 1,436 new cases of coronavirus recorded in the region.

The Government said a further 1,348 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Saturday, bringing the UK total to 97,329.

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 113,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.

The Government also said that, as of 9am on Friday, there had been a further 33,552 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.

It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 3,617,459.

Here is a breakdown by area of the confirmed cases in our region since the start of the pandemic, as of 4pm on Saturday, January 23: County Durham: 31,177 was 30,937 – up 240 Darlington: 5,820 was 5,774 – up 46 Gateshead: 11,669 was 11,610 – up 59 Hartlepool: 7,320 was 7,276 – up 44 Middlesbrough: 9,649 was 9,534 – up 115 Newcastle: 20,378 was 20,282 – up 96 North Tyneside: 9,922 was 9,851 – up 71 North Yorkshire: 24,578 was 24,395 – up 183 Northumberland: 14,323 was 14,226 – up 97 Redcar and Cleveland: 7,490 was 7,400 – up 90 South Tyneside: 9,558 was 9,492 – up 66 Stockton: 12,495 was 12,371 – up 124 Sunderland: 17,638 was 17,510 – up 128 York: 10,619 was 10,542 – up 77 Total increase: 1,436