MORE than 1,000 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Hampshire in the last 24 hours.

Public Health England figures - as recorded on the Government website at 4.50pm today (January 18) - show that 1,043 more people have tested positive for the virus in a 24 hour period.

Across Hampshire, there has been a total of 69,284 positive tests since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 - approximately 5.03 per cent of the county's population.

Below are the confirmed cases by local authority on January 18:

  • Basingstoke and Deane:  133 (6,167 in total since start of pandemic)
  • East Hampshire: 63 (3,780)
  • Eastleigh: 66 (4,168)
  • Fareham: 55 (3,861)
  • Gosport: 70 (2,726)
  • Hart: 29 (3,455)
  • Havant: 75 (5,618)
  • New Forest: 73 (4,551)
  • Portsmouth: 128 (10,850)
  • Rushmoor: 89 (6,120)
  • Southampton: 162 (10,318)
  • Test Valley: 45 (3,751)
  • Winchester: 55 (3,919)