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.
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