LATEST figures confirm the number of new cases of coronavirus recorded in North and East Yorkshire are continuing to rise.

Data from Public Health England shows the total number of cases reported today for our area are:

Ryedale - 160 no change in the last 24 hours (288.9 rate per 100,000 population)

Scarborough - 683 up six (628) 

City of York - 1,135 up 12 (538.9)

North Yorkshire - 3,301 up 33 (534.1)

East Riding of Yorkshire - 1,871 up 11 (548.4)

There has been a total of 398,625 cases of the Covid-19 in the UK, 4,368 in the last 24 hours.

All of these figures include both pillar 1 and pillar 2 cases.