ONLY 30 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in Dorset in the latest 24-hour period.

Government figures reveal that 30 new cases have been recorded across the county before 4.30pm on Tuesday, March 16.

BCP recorded 21 new cases, taking the area's total to 24,965 since the start of the pandemic.

In the seven days leading up to March 11, the latest rolling seven-day period, 137 cases were confirmed in BCP, giving a rolling infection rate of 34.7 per 100,000 people.

The Dorset Council area recorded nine new cases, taking the total to 11,516.

The rolling rate stood at 32.5 per 100,000 after 123 cases were confirmed in a week.

Elsewhere, six cases were confirmed in the New Forest, taking the total to 6,013.

The rolling rate was 23.3 per 100,000 after 42 cases were confirmed in the week leading up to March 11.