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