A TOTAL of 476 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Dorset within the last 24-hour period, according to latest statistics.

The latest Government figures show 476 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the county in the 24 hours leading up to 4pm on Wednesday, October 13.

In the Dorset Council area, 262 new cases were reported. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 28,921 cases confirmed across this area.

The rolling seven-day period for the Dorset Council area is 1,300 cases, with a case rate of 342.3 per 100,000 people.

There has been a total of 214 new cases recorded across the BCP Council area, taking the total number of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic to 47,480.

The rolling seven-day period for the BCP is 1,012 cases, with a case rate of 254.9 per 100,000 people.

During the course of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been 76,401 cases of Covid-19 confirmed across Dorset.

Elsewhere, the New Forest area recorded 129 new coronavirus cases. The total number of cases since the start of the pandemic stands within the New Forest at 13,664.

The seven-day total for New Forest is 588 with a case rate of 327.3 per 100,000 people.

Across the UK, there has been a total of 42,776 new cases. There have been 8,272,883 confirmed cases recorded in the UK since the start of the pandemic.