A LITTLE more than 100 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Dorset over the last 24 hours, latest figures show.

Data released by the government shows 103 positive tests were returned in the 24 hours leading up to 4pm on November 23.

83 of the cases came in the BCP Council area, taking the total since the start of the pandemic to 6,859.

In the seven days leading up to November 18, 742 cases were confirmed, giving a rolling infection rate of 187.7 per 100,000 people.

20 cases were confirmed in the Dorset Council area, taking the total to 3,051.

In the week leading up to November 18, 321 cases were confirmed, a rate of 84.8 per 100,000.

Elsewhere, six cases were confirmed in the New Forest, meaning 1,723 people have tested positive in the New Forest since the start of the pandemic.

In the seven days before November 18, 196 cases were confirmed, a rate of 108.8 per 100,000 people.