A total of 37 new coronavirus cases were recorded across the Bristol region today (Wednesday, September 30).
Ten more people have tested positive for the virus in Bristol, according to the latest government figures.
That brings our city's total to 1,857 since the start of the pandemic.
The latest data from Public Health England today (October 1) also shows the total number of UK cases has risen by 6,914 in the same period, meaning there have now been a total of 460,178 people tested.
Covid figures
- Bath and North East Somerset 556 (+8)
- Bristol 1,857 (+10)
- North Somerset 1,145 (+3)
- South Gloucestshire 1,042 (+16)
- UK 460, 178 (+6,914 )
Covid deaths
The Government also said a further 59 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday.
This brings the UK total to 42,202.
Neither of Bristol's hospital trusts have recorded a new death over the past 24 hours, so the number of deaths remains at 271.
Southmead Hospital reported a coronavirus -related death on Tuesday August 25, which was the first in the city for two months.
Meanwhile, Downing Street defended the performance of NHS Test and Trace but said the increased use of robots in labs would help speed up the process.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “We have seen demand grow for tests. What we need to do is to work hard to turn test results round as quickly as possible.
“What we are doing to achieve that is getting more labs joining the network, investing in new technology to process results faster.
“We are automating parts of the testing process and we are hiring more permanent staff.”
The measures include “the greater use of robot technology in order to allow us to process tests as quickly as we can”.
