The Bristol area has recorded 626 new cases of coronavirus, with almost half of them found in the city.
A total of 309 cases were found in Bristol city according to the latest figures from Public Health England today (August 5).
South Gloucestershire had the second-highest number of new cases in the region after 137 were found in the last 24 hours.
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North Somerset recorded 92 new cases while Bath and North East Somerset found a further 88.
Today's update means there has now been a total of 99,649 confirmed cases of the virus in the Bristol region since the start of the pandemic.
The Government said a further 86 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Thursday, bringing the UK total to 130,086.
Separate figures published by the Office for National Statistics show there have now been 155,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
As of 9am on Thursday, there had been a further 30,215 lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases in the UK, the Government said.
How many people have been vaccinated?
Government data up to August 4 shows that of the 85,801,167 Covid jabs given in the UK, 46,926,330 were first doses.
Some 38,874,837 were second doses.
