18 more coronavirus cases diagnosed in Doncaster

Public Health England figures show that 23,717 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Friday, April 30, in Doncaster up from 23,699 the same time on Thursday.

The health body recently changed the way it records the figures.

Cases identified through a positive lateral flow test – those which can deliver results within half an hour – will no longer be counted if the person then takes a PCR test, which is sent to a lab to be checked, and receives a negative result within three days.

The rate of infection in Doncaster now stands at 7,604 cases per 100,000 people, higher than the England average of 6,856.

Doncaster's cases were among the 393,700 recorded across Yorkshire, a figure which rose by 401 over the period.

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

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