A FURTHER 77 positive Covid-19 cases have been recorded in Wiltshire.

As of today (Sunday, December 13) at 4pm, there are now a total of 5,744 cases compared to yesterday's figure of 5,667.

This figure does not include Swindon, which has seen the number of positive cases rise by 61 from 4,331 to 4,392.

The total number of positive cases in Hampshire has risen by 274 from 19,319 to 19,593 with 2,039 now recorded in the New Forest local authority area compared to yesterday's total of 2,027 - an increase of 12.

In Dorset, the total number of positive cases now stands at 3,503 while the figure for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is 7,709.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 18,447 over the period to 1,849,403