192 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the county in the latest 24-hour period.

The figure - which is up from 167 cases that were confirmed in the previous 24 hours – means that a total of 20,239 Covid-19 cases have been found within in Northumberland during the course of the pandemic.

 In our area, a total of 16 wards feature on the county’s worse affected list.

These are:

Ponteland North – 42 cases

Ponteland West – 34 cases

Ponteland South with Heddon – 33 cases

Ponteland East with Stannington – 32 cases

Prudhoe North – 25 cases

Prudhoe South – 17 cases

Corbridge – 17 cases

Longhorsley – 16 cases

Hexham East – 16 cases

Hexham Central with Acomb – 16 cases

South Tynedale – 12 cases

Haydon and Hadrian – 11 cases

Haltwhistle – 11 cases

Stocksfield and Broomhaugh – 10 cases

Humshaugh – 9 cases

Bellingham – 5 cases

Over 45 million people in the country have now had their first vaccination against Covid-19, while over 30 million have had both jabs.