The number of new cases of Covid continues to fall across the North East with the region recording a substantial overall 30% drop. In the latest recorded seven day period, the total number of new cases was down from the previous figure of 9,205 to 6,473.
In total numbers, County Durham saw the saw the biggest reduction. In all there were 1,769 new cases there in that time, down 750 - or 30% - on the previous seven days. Percentage-wise, Sunderland recorded the biggest drop of 37% as the number of new cases there in the seven day period to April 17 was 839, down 496.
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