Everything we know as Leeds residents confirmed among Coronavirus patients

The two new cases were included in a total of 12 new cases reported on Sunday.

The two residents are believed to have been infected in Iran.

Another new case is a patient from Bradford who had been to Italy.

Three of the latest cases in England are family members of a man from Surrey who was the first to catch the illness within the UK.

All four are adults, including one more from Surrey and two from West Sussex, and are not GPs or health workers, acting regional director for the south of England for PHE says.

Another new patient, from Essex, had no relevant travel to an affected area, according to Prof Whitty, and it was unclear whether the patient had contracted it "directly or indirectly" from somebody who had recently travelled abroad.