THE number of new Covid-19 cases recorded in the BCP Council area stood at 146, according to the latest government update.

The Department of Health and Social Care website shows 208 were recorded across Dorset in 24 hours up to 4pm on Friday, November 13.

In the BCP area 146 new cases were reported, bringing the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 5,380.

Meanwhile, in the Dorset Council area 62 cases have been reported in the same period.

Since March 2,713 cases have been confirmed.

The number of cases in the BCP area over the latest rolling seven-day period is 924, with a rate of 233.7. In Dorset 411 cases have been confirmed in the last past seven days. The case rate is 108.6.

In the New Forest there were 37 new cases. The total in the district since the pandemic started is 1,506. A total of 205 cases have been seen in the past seven days and the case rate is 113.8.