The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the North West of the country has risen to 27,272.

New figures from Public Health England published this evening (June 29) show the number of cases in areas managed by Lancashire County Council now stands at 3,850.

In Blackpool the number remained at 682 cases while in Blackburn with Darwen also stayed at 422.

The latest data for lower tier authorities in Lancashire also shows that only Preston recorded new cases in the last 24 hours with all 13 other areas showing no increase.

In the North West, there are 1,061 confirmed coronavirus cases in Bolton, 818 in Bury, 1,355 in Cheshire East, 1,245 in Cheshire West and Chester, 2,290 in Cumbria, 416 in Halton, 677 in Knowsley, 1,679 in Liverpool, 1,743 in Manchester, 1,159 in Oldham, 887 in Rochdale, 983 in Salford, 980 in Sefton, 766 in St Helens, 1,091 in Stockport, 881 in Tameside, 885 in Trafford, 806 in Warrington, 1,231 in Wigan, and 1,365 in Wirral.

The UK's coronavirus death toll has increased by 25, taking the total to 43,575.

This figure released by the Department of Health and Social Care includes deaths in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Sunday.

The Government figures do not include all deaths involving Covid-19 across the UK, which are thought to have passed 54,000.

Another 815 people tested positive for coronavirus across the UK, taking the total to 311,965.

The latest figures confirm another 93,881 tests were carried out, with a total of 9,290,215 tests done in total.

The director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is not even close to being over.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a WHO press conference: “Tomorrow marks six months since WHO received the first reports of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in China.

“The six-month anniversary of the outbreak coincides with reaching 10 million Covid-19 cases and 500 thousand deaths”

“This is a moment for all of us to reflect on the progress we have made and the lessons we have learned, and to recommit ourselves to doing everything we can to save lives”

But, he warned, the "worst is yet to come" - adding that "with this kind of environment and conditions, we fear the worst".

“We all want this to be over," he said.

“We all want to get on with our lives. But the hard reality is this is not even close to being over.”

“We’re all in this together, and we’re all in this for the long haul.

“We will need even greater stores of resilience, patience, humility and generosity in the months ahead.”

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