Fewer than 20 coronavirus cases in Leicester & Leicestershire for second day running

Fewer than 20 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Leicester and Leicestershire combined for the second day running. 

The number of new cases added to local tolls stood at 18 as of yesterday. During the height of the pandemic, some 97 cases were confirmed in Leicester alone on one day. 

New cases and the seven-day rate continues to drop in the city and county, but it was announced on Friday that some local lockdown restrictions will remain in place in the city until Friday 11th September.

Ten of yesterday's cases were in the city. Broken down to district and borough level, Harborough saw the largest increase with three new cases confirmed, Hinckley and Bosworth added two cases to its cumulative total and two cases were identified in North West Leicestershire.

Blaby, Melton and Oadby and Wigston – areas public health bosses warned residents about before the bank holiday weekend – all saw no new cases recorded. 

The figures updated at 4pm on Tuesday, September 1, are:

Leicester – 5,724 total cases. Rate per 100,000 population: 1,618

Blaby – 574 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 565.4

Charnwood – 916 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 492.3

Harborough – 432  total cases -. Rate per 100,000 population: 460

Hinckley and Bosworth – 597 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 527

Melton – 220 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 429.6

North West Leicestershire – 351 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 338

Oadby and Wigston – 547 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 959.4

More pupils across the city and county returned to school this week with some headteachers and education chiefs issuing pleas to parents to stick to social distancing when dropping off and collecting kids.

It's also emerged a man from Plymouth was offered an appointment for a coronavirus test at a centre in Leicester, almost 200 miles from his home address.