The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Buckinghamshire increased by 113 over the last 24 hours, official figures show.

Public Health England figures show that 4,223 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Wednesday (October 28) in Buckinghamshire, up from 4,110 the same time on Tuesday.

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

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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.

No new deaths were recorded in the same period.

The rate of infection in Buckinghamshire now stands at 776.3 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 1,419.5.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 24,700 over the period, to 942,275.