Official figures show that 136 more cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Gloucestershire.

Public Health England figures show that 904 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am Sunday morning in Gloucestershire, up from 768 the same time on Thursday. A week before, there were 598 cases.

It means cases have increased by 18 percent over the weekend, higher than the rate of increase across the UK of 16 percent.

They were among the 4,669 cases recorded across the South West, a figure which rose by 756 over the period.

Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.

Across the UK, 120,067 people had tested positive for coronavirus as of 9am on Sunday, up from 103,093 at the same point on Thursday, Department of Health and Social Care figures show. In total, 372,967 people had been tested, and, as of 5pm on Saturday, 16,060 had died.