MORE than 900 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 24) - show that 903 more people have tested positive for the virus in a 24 hour period.

Across Hampshire, there has been a total of 74,939 positive tests since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 - approximately 5.44 per cent of the county's population.

Below are the confirmed cases by local authority on January 24:

Basingstoke and Deane: 104 (6,768 in total since start of pandemic)

East Hampshire: 38 (4,056)

Eastleigh: 58 (4,483)

Fareham: 39 (4,181)

Gosport: 52 (2,966)

Hart: 33 (3,691)

Havant: 56 (5,984)

New Forest: 88 (4,990)

Portsmouth: 188 (11,739)

Rushmoor: 72 (6,681)

Southampton: 175 (11,227)

Test Valley: 71 (4,123)

Winchester: 33 (4,154)