Confirmed coronavirus cases in Northants rises by 20 for fourth day in a row

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Northamptonshire has increased by at least 20 for the fourth day in a row and there are now 126 cases in the county.

The figures from Public Health England are for today, Sunday, March 29.

On Thursday, March 26, the number of confirmed cases increased by 21 from 43 to 64.

This was followed by increases of 22 on Friday and 20 more on Saturday.

Across the UK, there are now 19,522 confirmed cases of covid-19 and 1,228 people have died.

So far, there have been three deaths in Northamptonshire.

A 92-year-old man died in Northampton General Hospital on March 16.A 45-year-old man from Kettering with motor neurone disease died in Kettering General Hospital died on March 17. The third covid-19 related death was on Thursday, March 26 when a 78-year-old man died at Northampton General Hospital.