More cases are confirmed in the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire region as well as further south.
A temporary restriction zone brought in to help stem the spread of the bluetongue virus has been replaced by a larger exclusion zone.
A statement from Defra said there was "evidence that there is some local transmission of bluetongue virus". Norfolk and Suffolk were the first counties to be affected, and restrictions there were imposed in August.
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