Cases of coronavirus in Oxfordshire have gone up by nearly 140 in a day.

According to Public Health England, as of 9am, these are the number of new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours;

  • Oxford - 38
  • Oxfordshire - 137
  • UK - 22,885

The total coronavirus cases since the pandemic started;

  • Oxford - 2,026
  • Oxfordshire - 6,463
  • UK - 917,575

Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.

The health body is including Pillar 2 tests – those carried out by commercial partners – alongside Pillar 1 tests, which are analysed in NHS or Public Health England laboratories and which made up the first stage of the Government's mass testing programme.

A further 367 people were reported to have died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test.

It takes the confirmed UK death toll to 45,365.

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Separate figures from NHS England also announced 207 people, who tested positive for Covid-19 had died in hospitals in England, taking the death toll there to 32,117.

There are currently 464 people in hospital with coronavirus in the South East, with 15 people on ventilation.

Globally, there have now been more than 43.5 million confirmed cases of Covid-19, with the death toll 1.1 million.

The UK is currently ninth highest for cases and fifth for deaths.