Official figures show that three more cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Buckinghamshire.

Public Health England figures show that 1,065 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am Thursday morning (June 25) in Buckinghamshire, up from 1,062 the same time on Wednesday. A week before, there were 1,047 cases.

It means cases have increased by less than 0.5% over the last 24 hours, on a par with the rate of increase across the UK.

They were among the 22,734 cases recorded across the South East, a figure which rose by 66 over the period.

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

Across the UK, 307,980 people had tested positive for coronavirus as of 9am on Thursday, up from 306,862 at the same point on Wednesday, Department of Health and Social Care figures show. As of 5pm on Wednesday, 43,230 had died.