Beaches and beauty spots remained largely deserted again on Saturday as the North East continued to behave itself and stick to lockdown rules..
Police patrolled coastal hotspots such as Tynemouth Longsands as the region woke up to a sunny Saturday morning.
But it seems that the majority of people were not tempted to flout the rules, and there were quiet scenes in most areas.
While places including the Newcastle Quayside and Seaburn promenade looked busy with people doing their daily exercise, social distancing rules were being followed.
Sunderland's Roker beach was also near-silent, although one person was spotted paddleboarding.
Although the Government is currently considering plans to ease the coronavirus lockdown, the strict guidelines introduced in March are still in force.
The Prime Minister will next week set out a "road map" detailing how people might get to work and how children can go back to school or into childcare.
The overall UK death toll now stands at 28,131 as of 5pm on Friday the Department of Health said, up by 621 from 27,510 the day before.
The latest figures include deaths in hospitals, care homes and the wider community.
On Saturday NHS England announced 370 new hospital deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 20,853.
Giving an update on the latest testing figures, Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick said 1,129,907 coronavirus tests have been carried out in the UK including 105,937 on Friday.
At the press conference on Saturday, England’s deputy chief medical officer Dr Jenny Harries also outlined how the UK’s new track and trace system will work.
She said: “If somebody has symptoms they take themselves out of society as they would now, but anybody who has been in contact with them - in a very anonymised and safe data-managed way using a phone app - will be alerted.
“To get this up and running at scale and effectively is another significant task but lots of preparation under way.
“We need the whole population to work with us on this, it’s quite an exciting adventure it’s a bit like social distancing, everybody has to do it together to get it to work.”
