MORE than 350 new Covid-19 cases have been reported across Mid Cheshire during the latest 24-hour period.

A total of 362 people have tested positive, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

This is made up of 187 new cases in Cheshire West and Chester and 175 cases in Cheshire East.

The total number of cases in both boroughs now stands at 32,457 in Cheshire West and 32,339 in Cheshire East.

The latest update menas there have now been 955 cases in the last seven days in Cheshire West, giving the borough a seven-day case rate of 277.8 per 100,000.

There have been 981 cases in Cheshire East over the last week, meaning the borough's seven-day case rate is now 253.7 per 100,000.

Nationally there were 37,314 new Covid-19 cases across the UK.