Coronavirus latest: Dacorum records 20 new cases

Tuesday's figures recorded 20 new positive Covid-19 tests in Dacorum.

The total for the borough is now 1,372, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

There have been 166 new cases today in Hertfordshire, the total is now 11,643.

The recorded death toll in Dacorum remains unchanged at 103. There have been 900 deaths in Hertfordshire since the start of the pandemic, according to Public Health England.

Nationally, the number of coronavirus cases has risen by 20,018 and now stands at 1,073,882.

The latest R number is estimated at 1.1 to 1.3 with a daily growth rate range of +2% to +4%.

The number of deaths has risen by 397 to 47,250.

The death toll has been 'recalculated' by officials. The new count is based on a new definition of who has died from Covid-19.

Previously, people in England who died at any stage following a positive test, regardless of the cause of their death, were counted in the figures.

However, there is now a cut off point of 28 days from the first laboratory-confirmed positive COVID test.

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 Sunday, November 1, and Monday, November 2.

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

On Saturday, it was announced that the entire country would enter a national four-week lockdown beginning on Thursday.

The government hopes a lockdown will help stem the rising tide of new Covid-19 cases, with the situation to be reviewed every four weeks.

The JPI Data team have created a series of interactive maps - www.hemeltoday.co.uk/interactive/coronavirus-uk-map-covid-19 - that will track the impact of Covid-19 on each local area and region of the UK.