Lab technicians handle suspected COVID-19 samples as they carry out a diagnostic test for coronavirus in the microbiology laboratory inside the Specialist Virology Centre at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. PA Photo. Picture date: Tuesday Marc
THERE are now 180 coronavirus cases in Dorset, latest Public Health England figures have revealed.
The BCP Council area has 85 cases, a rise of three, while the Dorset Council area has 95, a rise of four.
It means the total in the county has now risen by seven.
Nationally, there are 47,806 confirmed cases in the UK.
As of April 4, 4,934 people had died after contracting the virus.
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