ANOTHER person has tested positive for Covid-19 in Somerset.

Public Health England has just announced the new confirmed case in Sedgemoor.

It takes to 1,274 the total number of cases diagnosed in hospitals, labs and the wider community in the county council area.

The figures up to 5pm yesterday (Thursday) show:

121 confirmed cases in Mendip; 387 in Sedgemoor; 436 in Somerset West and Taunton; and 330 in South Somerset.