Coronavirus latest: Covid-19 claims another victim in Dacorum and 28 new cases

There has been a death and another 28 positive Covid-19 tests in Dacorum in the last 24 hours
By Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter
Published 20th Nov 2020, 20:09 BST
Updated 20th Nov 2020, 20:12 BST
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One new death has been recorded and the total number of positive tests in the borough is now 1,744, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

There have been 136 new cases today in Hertfordshire, down by almost half on the yesterday. The total is now 15,369.

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On Monday, Public Health England changed the way it records the location of people who have been tested for Covid-19 - counts of cases and deaths at sub-national level have been updated to reflect this.

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The address given at the point of testing will now be used to determine a person's area of residence, rather than that on their electronic NHS record, with the change retrospectively applied to tests carried out from September 1.

The one new death in Dacorum takes the total to 108. There were eight new deaths across Hertfordshire, the total is now 947, according to Public Health England.

There were 511 Covid-linked deaths in the UK today, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 54,286.

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