YORK'S weekly recorded Covid-19 rate has dropped by two - and just three more cases have been recorded in the area.

The latest data from Public Health England (PHE) shows that the city's rate has dropped to 21.8 cases per 100,000 population. This is just below the UK national average rate, which stands at 22.6 cases per 100,000 population.

The PHE data shows that the three further cases recorded in the City of York Council area take the total for the pandemic there to 12,286.

In North Yorkshire the rate has dropped by four to 26.9 cases per 100,000 population. A further 19 cases have been recorded in the North Yorkshire County Council area, taking the total for the pandemic to 29,955.

In the East Riding of Yorkshire the rate has dropped by one to 29.9 cases per 100,000 population, with a further 12 cases recorded in the area.

Across the UK, a further 1,946 cases take the country's total for the pandemic to 4,423,796.