MORE than 300 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Dorset within the last 24-hour period, according to latest statistics.

The latest Government figures show 314 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the county in the 24 hours leading up to 4pm on Thursday, September 2.

In the Dorset Council area, 150 new cases were reported. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 21,831 cases confirmed across this area.

The rolling seven-day period for the Dorset Council area is 1,089 cases, with a case rate of 286.7 per 100,000 people.

There has been a total of 164 new cases recorded across the BCP Council area, taking the total number of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic to 41,603.

The rolling seven-day period for the BCP is 1,231 cases, with a case rate of 310.1 per 100,000 people.

During the course of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been 63,434 cases of Covid-19 confirmed across Dorset.

Elsewhere, the New Forest area recorded 79 new coronavirus cases. The total number of cases since the start of the pandemic stands within the New Forest at 10,597.

The seven-day total for New Forest is 375 with a case rate of 208.7 per 100,000 people.

Across the UK, there has been a total of 38,154 new cases.

There have been 6,862,904 confirmed cases recorded in the UK since the start of the pandemic.