CORONAVIRUS cases in Oxfordshire have gone up by more than 150 in a day, the latest figures show.

According to Public Health England as of 9am on Friday, these were the new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours:

• Oxford – 51

• Oxfordshire – 158

• UK – 24,540

The total coronavirus cases since the pandemic started:

• Oxford – 2,676

• Oxfordshire – 8,910

• UK – 1,317,496

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

The cumulative rate of infection in Oxfordshire now stands at 1,288 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 2,005.

Oxfordshire’s cases were among the 101,307 recorded across the South East, a figure which rose by 2,644 over the period.

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It is unclear whether local figures have started to include positive tests from Oxford University’s own testing, which for the seven days to November 6 was 146 new cases.

Public Health England confirmed last week ‘a number of’ these tests have only been added to the national total and not local figures. This is understood to date back to September 13.

A further 376 people were reported to have died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test.

It takes the confirmed UK death toll to 51,304. Oxford’s total death toll is 40 and there have been 303 across Oxfordshire.

Globally, there have now been more than 52 million confirmed Covid cases.