A FURTHER 1,061 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the North-East and North Yorkshire.

The Government said a further 610 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Sunday, bringing the UK total to 97,939.

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 114,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.

The Government also said that, as of 9am on Sunday, there had been a further 30,004 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.

It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 3,647,463.

There were 14 deaths reported by hospitals in the region.

These included two at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, three at South Tees Hospitals, seven at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, and two at York Teaching Hospital.

Here is a breakdown by area of the confirmed cases in our region since the start of the pandemic, as of 4pm on Sunday, January 24:

County Durham: 31,369 was 31,177– up 192

Darlington: 5,865 was 5,820– up 45

Gateshead: 11,698 was 11,669– up 29

Hartlepool: 7,350 was 7,320– up 30

Middlesbrough: 9,725 was 9,649– up 76

Newcastle: 20,439 was 20,378 – up 61

North Tyneside: 9,969 was 9,922 – up 47

North Yorkshire: 24,729 was 24,578 – up 151

 Northumberland: 14,414 was 14,323 – up 91

Redcar and Cleveland: 7,544 was 7,490 – up  54

South Tyneside: 9,595 was 9,558– up 37

Stockton: 12,583 was 12,495– up 88

Sunderland: 17,745 was 17,638– up 107

York: 10,672 was 10,619 – up  53

Total increase: 1,061