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The number of confirmed tests for coronavirus at Teesside has increased by just 20, new figures show on Saturday.
The latest statistics from Public Health England show that 1,438 have now tested positive.
Middlesbrough remains the most affected area, with 559 cases.
When comparing the number of cases to its population, Middlesbrough has the fourth highest infection rate in the country.
And on Friday, government data from the Office of National Statistics showed that the city also had one of the highest death rates.
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It comes in the week that the infection rate in the Northeast as a whole went to London for the first time.
The updated figures are:
Middlesbrough 559, instead of 554
Stockton: 362, vs. 355
Redcar and Cleveland: 320, up from 317
Hartlepool: 197, instead of 192
A covid-19 mobile test unit returned to Teesside Park, which is believed to have been for three days, on Saturday.
On Saturday, NHS England announced that there were five more coronavirus-related deaths in Teesside hospitals, bringing the total to 264.
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