THE number of new coronavirus cases in the Winchester district have doubled.

There have been 30 new cases reported today – twice as many as yesterday.

This brings the district's total to 1,119 since the start of the pandemic.

‘Winchester district’ comprises more than just the city and is the city council area which stretches from Micheldever in the north to Southwick in the south, from Sparsholt in the west to Bramdean in the east.

Hampshire County Council area cases climbed from 10,712 to 10,968 over the last 24 hours, an increase of 256.

The number of deaths in Hampshire hospitals, reported by the NHS, is now at 647, up two.

The figure for fatalities at the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which includes the RHCH, is 172, up one. For the other local trusts: Portsmouth, 242, up one; Solent, 2, same; Southern Health, 17, same; Southampton, 214, same.

Only deaths that occur in hospitals where the patient has tested positive for Covid-19 are recorded, with deaths in the community excluded, such as those in care homes.

The total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic of people who had had a positive test result for Covid-19 and died within 28 days of the first positive test, is: Hampshire, 753, up one, (54.5 per 100,000 people since start of pandemic), Portsmouth, 80, same (37.2) and Southampton, 129, same, (50.7).

The Winchester district figure, the city council area, still sits at 82, a rate of 65.7, higher than the other three areas mentioned. But all the Hampshire figures are well below the national average.

Across the south-east region, which includes Hampshire, there were 613 coronavirus patients in hospital yesterday, up 37 since Saturday.

Regarding Covid patients admitted to hospital, the latest available figure is 103 reported on Thursday, up 23 on Wednesday, in the south-east region, which includes Hampshire. The numbers are not broken down for the hospitals in Hampshire.

There are 36 people on ventilators, up one since Saturday.

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England is set to enter a second month-long national lockdown from Thursday, November 5.

In address to the nation on Saturday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the lockdown will last until December 2, and will be followed by a return to the tiered system of local restrictions.

Which businesses will have to close for the national lockdown - and which can stay open?

To reduce social contact, the Government has ordered certain businesses and venues to close.

The businesses that will have to close during the national lockdown include:

All non-essential retail, including, but not limited to:

Clothing and electronics stores

Vehicle showrooms

Travel agents

Betting shops

Auction houses

Tailors

Car washes

Tobacco and vape shops

The following indoor and outdoor leisure facilities will also have to close:

Bowling alleys

Leisure centres and gyms

Sports facilities including swimming pools, golf courses and driving ranges, dance studios

Stables and riding centres

Soft play facilities

Climbing walls and climbing centres

Archery and shooting ranges

Water and theme parks

The following entertainment venues will also have to close:

Theatres

Concert halls

Cinemas

Museums and galleries

Casinos

Adult gaming centres and arcades

Bingo halls

Concert halls

Zoos and other animal attractions

Botanical gardens

Which personal care facilities will have to shut?

Hair, beauty and nail salons

Tattoo parlours

Spas

Massage parlours

Body and skin piercing services

Non-medical acupuncture

Tanning salons

Which businesses will be able to remain open across England?

The following will be allowed to stay open during the national lockdown:

Food shops

Supermarkets

Garden centres

Plus, certain other retailers providing essential goods and services can remain open.

Essential retail should follow Covid-secure guidelines to protect customers, visitors and workers.

Non-essential retail can remain open for delivery to customers and click-and-collect.

Playgrounds can also remain open.