The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Buckinghamshire increased by 750 over the weekend, official figures show.

Public Health England figures show that 25,987 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Monday (January 25) in Buckinghamshire, up from 25,237 the same time on Friday.

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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.

Nine new deaths were reported in the same time period.

The rate of infection in Buckinghamshire now stands at 4,777 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 5,698.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 85,751 over the period, to 3,669,658.

Buckinghamshire's cases were among the 460,967 recorded across the South East, a figure which rose by 12,050 over the period.

Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.