Official figures show that 12 more cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Buckinghamshire.

Public Health England figures show that 1,043 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am Sunday morning (June 14) in Buckinghamshire, up from 1,031 the same time on Friday. A week before, there were 1,022 cases.

It means cases have increased by 1 per cent over the last 24 hours, on a par with the rate of increase across the UK of 1 per cent.

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They were among the 22,308 cases recorded across the South East, a figure which rose by 91 over the period.

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

Across the UK, 295,889 people had tested positive for coronavirus as of 9am on Sunday, up from 292,950 at the same point on Friday, Department of Health and Social Care figures show. As of 5pm on Saturday, 41,698 people had died.