MORE than 600 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Hampshire in the past 24 hours.

Public Health England figures - as recorded on the Government website at 4pm today (January 23) - show that 617 more people have tested positive for the virus in a 24 hour period.

Across Hampshire, there has been a total of 74036 positive tests since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 - approximately 5.38 per cent of the county's population.

Below are the confirmed cases by local authority on January 23:

Basingstoke and Deane: 89 (6,664 in total since start of pandemic)

East Hampshire: 41 (4,018)

Eastleigh: 21 (4,425)

Fareham: 41 (4,142)

Gosport: 23 (2,914)

Hart: 18 (3,658)

Havant: 39 (5,929)

New Forest: 42 (4,902)

Portsmouth: 73 (11,551)

Rushmoor: 74 (6,609)

Southampton: 90 (11,052)

Test Valley: 43 (4,052)

Winchester: 23 (4,121)