CLOSE TO 200 coronavirus cases have been confirmed across Dorset over the last 24 hours, figures reveal.
Data released by the government shows 195 cases were recorded in the county in the 24 hours leading up to 4pm today, Sunday, February 7.
There has been 66 recorded cases in the the Dorset Council area in the last 24 hours, taking the total since the start of the pandemic to 10,323.
The rolling rate stood at 182.6 per 100,000 after 691 cases were recorded in the lead up to February 1.
The BCP Council area recorded 129 new cases, taking the total to 23,231.
In the seven days leading up to February 2, the latest seven-day rolling period, 1,294 cases were confirmed in BCP, giving the area a rolling infection rate of 327.3 per 100,000.
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