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 - 690 up six (634.4) 

City of York - 1,147 up 12 (544.6)

North Yorkshire - 3,331 up 30 (538.9)

East Riding of Yorkshire - 1,888 up 17 (553.4)

There has been a total of 403,551 cases of the Covid-19 in the UK, 4,962 in the last 24 hours.

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