A FURTHER 246 positive coronavirus cases have been recorded in Hampshire.

Public Health England figures - as recorded on the Government website - show that, as of 7.44pm today (November 17), 246 more people have tested positive for covid in the last 24 hours.

The health body is now including Pillar 2 tests – those carried out by commercial partners – alongside Pillar 1 tests, which are analysed in NHS or PHE laboratories and which made up the first stage of the Government's mass testing programme.

Below are the confirmed cases by local authority in the 24 hours to 4pm on November 17:

Basingstoke and Deane: 47 ((2,095) in total since start of pandemic)

East Hampshire: 23 (1,287)

Eastleigh: 17 (1,473)

Fareham: 24 (1.158)

Gosport: 13 (820)

Hart: 14 (852)

Havant: 29 (1,382)

New Forest: 19 (1,639)

Portsmouth: 50 (3,749)

Rushmoor: 20 (1,408)

Southampton: 56 (3,447)

Test Valley: 14 (1,338)

Winchester: 26 (1,492)