HERE is your update on the latest Covid-19 case numbers and rates across Cheshire.

Today alone, Friday (August 13), 312 coronavirus cases were recorded across Cheshire East, and Cheshire West and Chester.

This is made up of 139 new cases in Cheshire East and 173 in Cheshire West.

In the seven days running up to August 8 - the most recent week-long period of data available - a total of 2,471 coronavirus cases were recorded in Cheshire. 

This includes 980 in Cheshire East - a rate of 253.4 per 100,000 residents. 

Meanwhile in Cheshire West and Chester, 890 cases were recorded. 

This is equivalent to a rate of 258.9.