137 more coronavirus cases diagnosed in Calderdale

Public Health England figures show that 7,547 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Monday (November 23) in Calderdale, up from 7,410 the same time on Friday.

The health body is now including Pillar 2 tests – those carried out by commercial partners – alongside Pillar 1 tests, which are analysed in NHS or PHE laboratories and which made up the first stage of the Government's mass testing programme.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 15,450 over the period to 1,527,495.

Calderdale's cases were among the 202,532 recorded across Yorkshire and The Humber, a figure which rose by 3,138 over the period.

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