THIS is the number of new Covid-19 cases reported across Mid Cheshire during the latest 24-hour period.

A total of 280 people have tested positive, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

This is made up of 154 new cases in Cheshire West and Chester and 126 cases in Cheshire East.

The total number of cases in both boroughs now stands at 32,873 in Cheshire West and 32,761 in Cheshire East.

The latest update menas there have now been 1,023 cases in the last seven days in Cheshire West, giving the borough a seven-day case rate of 297.5 per 100,000.

There have been 1,039 cases in Cheshire East over the last week, meaning the borough's seven-day case rate is now 268.7 per 100,000.

Nationally there were 219,607 new Covid-19 cases across the UK.