THERE have been 86 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Swindon.

Public Health England figures show that 8,669 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Tuesday in the borough, up from 8,583 people the same time on Monday.

It comes as the UK records the highest rise in deaths since the pandemic began - 1,610 people have died and another 33,355 cases confirmed.

A total of 4,266,577 people have now received the first dose of a vaccine.