NO more cases of coronavirus have been recorded in St Helens, the latest official figures show.
Public Health England figures show that 753 people had been confirmed as testing positive for COVID-19 by 9am Wednesday morning (June 3) in St Helens since the start of the outbreak. This is the same figure as on Tuesday.
A week before, there were 752 cases.
The stable number of cases over the last 24 hours contrasts with the picture across the UK as a whole, where the rate of increase was one per cent.
They were among the 25,891 cases recorded across the North West, a figure which rose by 95 over the period.
Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.
Meanwhile, St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust recorded no new coronavirus-related deaths for the fourth day running.
Since the start of the outbreak, the trust has registered 194 coronavirus-related deaths.
Across the UK, 279,856 people had tested positive for coronavirus as of 9am on Wednesday, up from 277,985 at the same point on Tuesday, Department of Health and Social Care figures show. As of 5pm on Tuesday, 39,728 had died.
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