A FURTHER 1,439 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the North-East and North Yorkshire in the last day.
Nationally, the Government said a further 1,725 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the UK total to 101,887.
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 119,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.
The Government also said that, as of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 25,308 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.
It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 3,715,054.
Here is a breakdown of the total number of confirmed cases in the region since the start of the pandemic:
County Durham: 31,858 was 31,663
Darlington: 5,993 was 5,931
Gateshead: 11,839 was 11,768
Hartlepool: 7,479 was 7,426
Middlesbrough: 9,956 was 9,844
Newcastle: 20,687 was 20,599
North Tyneside: 10,126 was 10,054
North Yorkshire: 25,143 was 24,948
Northumberland: 14,633 was 14,547
Redcar and Cleveland: 7,712 was 7,627
South Tyneside: 9,755 was 9,684
Stockton: 12,843 was 12,714
Sunderland: 18,071 was 17,928
York: 10,856 was 10,779
Total increase: 1,439
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