SOMERSET has recorded two more confirmed new cases of Covid-19.

The positive test results in the 24-hour period to 5pm were both in the Mendip district.

It takes to 1,346 the total number of cases so far recorded in the county council area.

Clearly, more cases will come to light as there is now more testing taking place.

Over the same period, there were no coronavirus-related deaths recorded in the county.

The district totals now stand at Mendip 145; Sedgemoor 401; Somerset West and Taunton 457; South Somerset 343.