33 more coronavirus cases diagnosed in Nottinghamshire
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Public Health England figures show that 56,500 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Tuesday (June 8) in Nottinghamshire up from 56,467 the same time on Monday.
The health body recently changed the way it records the figures.
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Hide AdCases identified through a positive lateral flow test – those which can deliver results within half an hour – will no longer be counted if the person then takes a PCR test, which is sent to a lab to be checked, and receives a negative result within three days.
These cases are now being removed daily.
The rate of infection in Nottinghamshire now stands at 6,822 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 7,018.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 5,966 over the period, to 4,528,442.
Nottinghamshire's cases were among the 335,666 recorded across the East Midlands, a figure which rose by 311 over the period.
Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.