MORE than 200 new positive cases have been recorded in Hampshire.

Public Health England figures - as recorded on the Government website - show that, as of 4pm today, 212 more people have tested positive for the virus in a 24 hour period.

The figures come after 214 were reported in the 24 hours to 4pm on November 28.

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 29.

  • Basingstoke and Deane: 34 (2,400 in total since start of pandemic)
  • East Hampshire: 10 (1,500)
  • Eastleigh: 15 (1,642)
  • Fareham: 14 (1,362)
  • Gosport: 17 (1,038)
  • Hart: 7 (964)
  • Havant: 14 (1,718)
  • New Forest: 10 (1,816)
  • Portsmouth: 41 (4,330)
  • Rushmoor: 9 (1,541)
  • Southampton: 22 (3,900)
  • Test Valley: 10 (1,505)
  • Winchester: 9 (1,702)