THE number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Cheshire has risen above 200.

Latest figures from public Health England show that, as of 9am on Wednesday, April 1, there were 76 confirmed cases in Cheshire East (up two in the past 24 hours), 65 cases in Cheshire West and Chester (up 11), 40 in Warrington (up eight) and 32 in Halton (up seven).

That makes a total of 213, a rise of 28 in the past 24 hours.

Four patients have sadly died in Warrington. The hospital trust confirmed today (Wednesday, April 1) that an 84-year-old woman passed away on Saturday after testing positive for coronavirus. She had an underlying health condition.

An 80-year-old man who also tested positive for Covid-19 died on Monday. He also had an underlying health condition.

In Cheshire East, four patients have died from the Covid-19 coronavirus in Leighton Hospital, Crewe – the most recent one a patient in his 60s who had underlying health conditions.

In Cheshire West and Chester, one man in his 80s with underlying health conditions died from coronavirus at the Countess of Chester Hospital last month.

Meanwhile, latest figures published by the Department of Health show that, as of 5pm on March 31, a total of 2,352 people who tested positive for the virus have sadly died.

As of 9am today (April 1) a total of 152,979 people have been tested of which 29,474 were positive.