A FURTHER 1,008 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the North-East and North Yorkshire in the last day.
Nationally, the Government said a further 1,631 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Tuesday, bringing the UK total to 100,162.
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 115,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.
The Government also said that, as of 9am on Tuesday, there had been a further 20,089 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.
It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 3,689,746.
Here is a breakdown of the total number of confirmed cases in the region since the start of the pandemic:
County Durham: 31,663 was 31,494
Darlington: 5,931 was 5,897
Gateshead: 11,768 was 11,724
Hartlepool: 7,426 was 7,373
Middlesbrough: 9,844 was 9,794
Newcastle: 20,599 was 20,514
North Tyneside: 10,054 was 10,002
North Yorkshire: 24,948 was 24,829
Northumberland: 14,547 was 14,494
Redcar and Cleveland: 7,627 was 7,578
South Tyneside: 9,684 was 9,629
Stockton: 12,714 was 12,627
Sunderland: 17,928 was 17,811
York: 10,779 was 10,738
Total: 1,008
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