Sunderland LIVE news: Coronavirus updates as GP surgery re-opens after deepclean and woman remains in hospital

Keep up to date with the latest on the coronavirus outbreak across the region.
Lab technicians handle suspected COVID-19 samples as they carry out a diagnostic test for coronavirus in the microbiology laboratory inside the Specialist Virology Centre at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. PA Photo. Picture date: Tuesday March 10, 2020. As of Friday 6 March, 634 people in Wales have been tested for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA WireLab technicians handle suspected COVID-19 samples as they carry out a diagnostic test for coronavirus in the microbiology laboratory inside the Specialist Virology Centre at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. PA Photo. Picture date: Tuesday March 10, 2020. As of Friday 6 March, 634 people in Wales have been tested for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire
Lab technicians handle suspected COVID-19 samples as they carry out a diagnostic test for coronavirus in the microbiology laboratory inside the Specialist Virology Centre at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. PA Photo. Picture date: Tuesday March 10, 2020. As of Friday 6 March, 634 people in Wales have been tested for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

A Sunderland woman remains in South Tyneside District Hospital after being the first confirmed case on Monday, March 9 in the city.

As the outbreak of the virus continues to spread throughout the world, the number of cases in the UK is now confirmed to be 456 as of 9am this morning. Please scroll down and refresh for updates throughout the day.

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