THE Government said a further 26 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Monday, bringing the UK total to 126,862.
Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have been 150,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
The Government also said that, as of 9am on Monday, there had been a further 2,762 lab-confirmed cases in the UK.
It brings the total to 4,362,150.
Numbers for cases and deaths over Easter will be affected by incomplete data plus a longer than usual lag in reporting.
NHS England data shows a total of 4,983,852 jabs were given to people in the North-East and Yorkshire between December 8 and April 4, including 4,203.046 first doses and 780,806 second doses.
Here is a breakdown of the confirmed new cases across the North-East and North Yorkshire in the last 24 hours:
County Durham 37,676 was 37,659
Darlington: 7,435 was 7,424
Gateshead: 13,674 was 13,665
Hartlepool: 8,808 was 8,803
Middlesbrough: 12,353 was 12,346
Newcastle: 23,282 was 23,266
North Tyneside: 12,357 was 12,344
North Yorkshire: 29,368 was 29,345
Redcar and Cleveland: 9,248 was 9,247
South Tyneside: 11,284 was 11,281
Stockton-on-Tees: 15,739 was 15,729
Sunderland: 21,936 was 21,923
York: 12,219 was 12,215
Total increase: 132
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