Leeds has recorded 781 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the city's total to 17,659.
While cases have continued to increase over the past few days, Leeds has actually seen a drop in its infection rate.
Speculation persists over whether Leeds and West Yorkshire will be subject to additional restrictions.
Elsewhere in Yorkshire, a further 3,958 people have tested positive for the disease.
This means that 94,444 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Yorkshire since the start of the pandemic.
Sadly, 2,805 people who tested positive for the virus have so far died in our county's hospitals.
Leeds' death toll stands at 366 with no coronavirus-related deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
In England, a further 94 people, who tested positive for Covid-19 have died, figures from the last 24 hours show.
Of those deaths, 18 were recorded in Yorkshire.
Newly confirmed cases of coronavirus in Yorkshire over the past 24 hours:
Leeds - was 16,878 now 17,659 (+781)
Wakefield – was 5,269 now 5,525 (+256)
North Yorkshire - was 6,134 now 6,341 (+207)
Sheffield - was 13,400 now 13,951 (+551)
Barnsley - was 4,668 now 4,932 (+264)
Bradford - was 14,470 now 14,927 (+457)
Calderdale - was 3,274 now 3,452 (+178)
Rotherham - was 5,063 now 5,289 (+226)
Kirklees - was 7,705 now 8,032 (+327)
York - was 2,874 now 3,016 (+142)
Doncaster - was 4,674 now 4,957 (+283)
East Yorkshire - was 3,443 now 3,588 (+145)
Hull - was 2,634 now 2,775 (+141)
18 deaths recorded in Yorkshire hospitals
A further 18 patients who tested positive for Covid-19 have died in Yorkshire hospitals, figures from the past 24 hours show.
This is the highest number of coronavirus-related deaths in the county since June 17.
Across England a further 94 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 31,275.
Patients were aged between 49 and 97.
All but one, aged 71, had known underlying health conditions.
The deaths were between October 14 and 20.
Here are the total number of hospital deaths across Yorkshire trusts:
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: 225 (+1)
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust: 83
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust: 1
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust: 3
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 309 (+1)
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: 4
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 362
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust: 4
Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: 279 (+2)
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust: 217 (+1)
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: 162 (+2)
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust: 359
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust: 2
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: 222 (+1)
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust: 115
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 255 (+8)
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust: 188 (+2)
City Health Care Partnership CIC- East Riding Community Hospital: 15
Yorkshire infection rates
Five areas in Yorkshire have seen their infection rates drop.
Sheffield, which will go into Tier 3 from Saturday, has seen its rate drop to 412.4 cases per 100,000 in the seven days to October 17.
In that period 2,412 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Sheffield.
While Leeds has recorded significantly more cases than any other area in the seven days to October 17, the city's infection rate has dropped as well.
It now stands at 382.5 cases per 100,000 - down from 405.2 the week before.
Craven, Hambleton and Scarborough also saw their infection rates drop.
Latest Yorkshire infection rates
From left to right, it reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to October 17; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to October 17; rate of new cases in the seven days to October 10; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to October 10.
- Barnsley 423.3 (1,045), 264.5 (653) ↑
- Sheffield 412.4 (2,412), 471.6 (2,758) ↓
- Bradford 384.0 (2,073), 332.2 (1,793) ↑
- Leeds 382.5 (3,034), 405.2 (3,214) ↓
- Rotherham 376.0 (998), 275.8 (732) ↑
- Middlesbrough 330.5 (466), 289.4 (408) ↑
- Doncaster 322.2 (1,005), 217.7 (679) ↑
- York 300.5 (633), 272.1 (573) ↑
- Wakefield 294.0 (1024), 235.4 (820) ↑
- Kirklees 292.2 (1,285), 244.9 (1,077) ↑
- Calderdale 286.6 (606), 243.1 (514) ↑
- Redcar and Cleveland 270.5 (371), 218.0 (299) ↑
- Selby 182.1 (165), 139.0 (126) ↑
- East Riding of Yorkshire 167.1 (570), 135.7 (463) ↑
- Harrogate 161.7 (260), 161.7 (260) -
- Craven 150.5 (86), 155.8 (89) ↓
- Richmond upon Thames 149.0 (295), 142.9 (283) ↑
- Hambleton 133.2 (122), 136.5 (125) ↓
- Hull 131.3 (341), 105.1 (273) ↑
- Ryedale 102.9 (57), 99.3 (55) ↑
- Richmondshire 102.4 (55), 93.1 (50) ↑
- Scarborough 94.7 (103), 96.5 (105) ↓
The figures, for the seven days to October 17, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government’s testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).
Data for the most recent four days (October 18-21) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.
The list has been calculated by the PA news agency and is based on Public Health England data published on October 21 on the government’s coronavirus dashboard.
