Coronavirus Hits England: 244 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases So Far

As of 9am on 8 March 2020, England has recorded 244 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Tragically, two patients who tested positive have died.

Public Health England (PHE) is releasing daily updates on cases by upper tier local authority. Here’s the full breakdown of confirmed cases across England.

Coronavirus Cases by Local Authority

Area Confirmed Cases Barking and Dagenham0 Barnet4 Barnsley2 Bath and North East Somerset0 Bedford0 Bexley0 Birmingham1 Blackburn with Darwen0 Blackpool0 Bolton2 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2 Bracknell Forest2 Bradford1 Brent3 Brighton and Hove7 City of Bristol2 Bromley1 Buckinghamshire1 Bury3 Camden2 Cornwall3 Coventry3 Cumbria5 Derbyshire4 Devon12 Ealing5 Essex5 Gloucestershire3 Hackney2 Hammersmith and Fulham2 Hampshire8 Harrow1 Hertfordshire13 Hillingdon1 Hounslow3 Isle of Wight1 Kensington and Chelsea8 Kent4 Kingston upon Hull1 Kingston upon Thames1 Lambeth3 Lancashire4 Leeds3 Leicestershire1 Lewisham3 Lincolnshire1 Liverpool4 Luton2 Manchester5 Medway2 Merton1 Milton Keynes1 Newcastle upon Tyne3 North Tyneside1 Northamptonshire4 Nottingham2 Nottinghamshire3 Oldham2 Oxfordshire5 Peterborough1 Redbridge1 Southend-on-Sea1 Southwark3 Somerset2 Surrey5 Swindon2 Tameside1 Torbay6 Tower Hamlets1 Trafford4 Wandsworth3 Warwickshire3 West Sussex3 Westminster3 Wigan3 Wiltshire3 Wirral1 Wokingham3 Other areas (awaiting confirmation)20

What You Need to Know

  • Data is current as of 9:00am, 8 March 2020.
  • Numbers may change as testing and confirmation continues.
  • Two deaths have been confirmed among COVID-19 patients in England.
  • Public Health England updates these figures daily.

Stay tuned for daily updates as the situation unfolds across the country.

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