THE TOTAL positive cases of coronavirus in Bradford has risen by 18 today, after surpassing the 200 mark yesterday.

The Department of Health and Social Care revealed that the amount of people in Bradford who have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus has risen from 204 to 222, as of 9am on Tuesday, April 7.

Yesterday's total rose by 19 from Sunday, April 5 - from 185 to 204.

In total across the UK, 213,181 people have been tested, with 55,242 testing positive.

There have been 266,694 tests concluded in total, with 14,006 tests carried out yesterday.

Some individuals are tested more than once for clinical reasons, according to The Department of Health and Social Care.

Today’s figure for people tested does not include Manchester and Leeds due to a data processing delay.

The tests concluded figure excludes data from Northern Ireland.