THE Dorset area has seen an increase of 17 new cases of coronavirus within the last 24 hours.

Government figures reveal that 17 new cases have been recorded across the county.

The Dorset Council area recorded two new cases, taking the total to 11,746.

The BCP Council area recorded 15 new cases, taking the area's total to 25,169 since the start of the pandemic.

A total of 2,881 new cases have been recorded across England - bringing the total up to 3,807,387 since the start of the pandemic.

Across the whole of the UK, 3,402 new cases of the Covid-19 virus were recorded taking the total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 4,353,668