The number of coronavirus cases confirmed in the Yorkshire and North East region has today risen to 32.
The UK total has risen to 456, according to Department of Health figures released this afternoon.
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The rise in confirmed cases is the largest day-on-day increase since the outbreak began. It is a jump of 83, which is 22% up on the equivalent figure for Tuesday.
As of 9am this morning, 27,476 people had been tested in the UK, of which 27,020 were confirmed negative and 456 were confirmed as positive.
Six patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.
The Yorkshire and North East and East of England regions, both with 32 confirmed cases, have the lowest totals of the seven English regions.
The Bradford figure has not yet been updated today, and currently stands at one.
A woman in her 50s from Ilkley, who had returned from a family holiday in Italy, remains the Bradford district's only case, despite a number of tests having been carried out at Bradford Royal Infirmary and other nearby hospitals.
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