THE number of confirmed cases of cononavirus in Warrington now stands at 19.

There has been an increase of four from yesterday's figure of 15 in the government statistics announced today, Saturday.

One patient, a man in his 50s with underlying health problems, died last week in Warrington Hospital.

There are likely to many more people with the virus across the borough, self-isolating at home.

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There are likely to many more people with the virus across the borough, self-isolating at home.

Across the UK there have been 17,089 cases, with 1,019 people having died with the coronavirus.