SEVEN new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Swindon over the last 24 hours.

The borough's total number of cases since the pandemic began has risen from 919 to 926. Its case rate has gone up slightly to 417.1 per 100,000 people. 

That is still significantly lower than the England average of 469.4 cases per 100,000 people.

In the rest of Wiltshire, there have been 1,309 confirmed cases. 

No new deaths have been recorded at Great Western Hospital in the last day.