More coronavirus cases have been confirmed across Leicester and Leicestershire in the past 24 hours.

The biggest increase was in Leicester – 45 – while another 19 cases were recorded across the county.

Broken down to district and borough level, it was Oadby and Wigston with the largest increase, with five new cases identified. New rules come into force in the area tomorrow which will ban people mixing with other households.

Charnwood's cumulative cases also increased by five. Hinckley and Bosworth's total went up by three.

Blaby – an area added to the government's watchlist on Friday – added two new cases to its total.

Melton and North West Leicestershire also saw their tolls increase by two new cases, while Harborough was the only area not to declare any new cases.

The local figures updated at 4.30pm today (Mon) are:

Leicester – 6,558 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 1,851

Blaby – 751 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 739

Charnwood – 1,086 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 584

Harborough – 495 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 527.7

Hinckley and Bosworth – 659 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 582

Melton – 249 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 486

North West Leicestershire – 385 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 371

Oadby and Wigston – 689 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 1,208

Stricter rules will come into effect in Oadby and Wigston tomorrow, banning people from mixing with other households, whether in their homes or private gardens.

Earlier today, chief government advisers Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris Whitty warned the UK could be facing an ' exponential' rise in cases.

The pair told a briefing the UK could be seeing 50,000 cases being confirmed a day if the numbers continue to double every seven days as they are at the moment.

The local figures updated at 4.30pm yesterday (Sunday) were:

Leicester – 6,513 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 1,838

Blaby – 749 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 737

Charnwood – 1,081 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 581

Harborough – 495 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 527

Hinckley and Bosworth – 656 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 579

Melton – 247 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 482

North West Leicestershire – 383 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 369

Oadby and Wigston – 684 total cases – Rate per 100,000 population: 1,199

The BBC Local Democracy Reporting Service uses the gov.uk daily dashboard to track and report local confirmed cases.