Confirmed coronavirus cases in Yorkshire rises to 12 after two people test positive in Leeds

There are now 12 confirmed coronavirus cases in Yorkshire after two more people tested positive in Leeds.
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Public Health England confirmed the total number of cases in the Leeds Council authority area has risen by two.

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A third person was confirmed as positive for the virus on Sunday, March 8.

It is not known how they contracted the virus.

The two new confirmed cases were confirmed this morning.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said due to the volume of coronavirus patients it can no longer comment on individual cases.

As of 9am today 254 people have been confirmed as positive for COVID-19 in England.

The total number of cases in Yorkshire is 12.

There are three confirmed cases in York but none in the rest of North Yorkshire.

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There is one confirmed case in the city of Kingston upon Hull.

There is one confirmed case in Bradford.

There are two confirmed cases in Barnsley.

There are no confirmed cases in Wakefield, Rotherham, Sheffield, East Riding of Yorkshire and Calderdale.