Coronavirus latest: Dacorum records 19 new confirmed cases today

There have been 19 new positive Covid-19 tests in Dacorum over the last 24 hours.

The total for the borough is now 1,899, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

There have been 219 new cases today in Hertfordshire, the total is now 16,779.

Dacorum and Hertfordshire have been placed in Tier 2 in the government's three tier system. Read full story here.Public Health England has 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.

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.

Nationally, the number of coronavirus cases has risen by 17,555 and now stands at 1,574,562.

The latest R number is estimated at 1 to 1.1 with a daily infection growth rate range of 0% to +2% as of November 20.

The number of deaths has risen by 498 to 57,031.

The figures for the number of patients recovered from Covid-19 have not been released by Public Health England.

The new figures were recorded between 5pm on Tuesday, November 24, and 5pm on Wednesday, November 25.

The figures come from the Government website which is available for the public to view here.