Changes in reporting confirmed cases of Covid-19 have seen the totals in Babergh, including the Shotley peninsula, leap by more than 100 overnight.

On Thursday figures of people testing positive for the deadly virus saw the district hit the 156 mark, which equates to 170.7 per 100,000 Babergh residents

A new method of the Government recording the statistics "by testing in all settings" has seen that total jump overnight to 258, which equates to 282.3 for 100,000 residents.

In Suffolk, Thursday's total was 1,565 equating to 206.3 per 100,000 residents, that jumped to 2,604 and 343.3 per 100,000 overnight.

This is despite more than 30,000 previously reported cases across the UK being removed from the new table of analytics.

The latest figures mean many cases previously not attributed to any district are now included in area totals.

The methodology for reporting positive cases in the Public Health England coronavirus tracker changed on Thursday to remove duplicates within and across pillars 1 and 2, to ensure that a person who tests positive is only counted once.

The Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 data has formed the basis of the Government's latest approach to measuring Covid-19 incidence in the UK.

They signal a step away from the widely popularised blanket R infection rate used by officials as the pandemic swelled earlier this year.

The pillars extrapolate different kinds of data taken from Covid-19 testing with Pillar 1 coming solely from the tests carried out in a PHE laboratory and NHS hospital setting while Pillar 2 swabbing comes from out in the community, including care homes.

A statement in the tracker reads: "Numbers of lab-confirmed positive cases throughout this website (national, regional and local authority level) now include those identified by testing in all settings (pillars 1 and 2)."

With today's lockdown easing bringing the reopening of pubs and clubs from 6am and restaurants, hairdressers and cinemas even earlier from midnight,

Cases rose by 544 in the last 24 hours to 284,276 – as the UK slipped down to eighth in the world table. Recorded deaths went up by 137 since yesterday to 44,131.

But the real number of fatalities involving the virus in the UK has passed 55,000, according to the latest available data.

And the Office for National Statistics said almost 20,000 care home residents have died with coronavirus up to June 12.

On a global note, confirmed cases have passed the 11 million mark with fatalities at 526,570.