More than 200 coronavirus cases diagnosed in Calderdale over the weekend

Public Health England figures show that 12,409 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Monday (February 8) in Calderdale, up from 12,202 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 48,211 over the period to 3,959,784.

Calderdale's cases were among the 332,648 recorded across Yorkshire and The Humber, a figure which rose by 4,146 over the period.

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