Coronavirus latest: Dacorum records 35 confirmed cases over the weekend

There have been 35 new positive Covid-19 tests in Dacorum over the weekend, the total for the borough is now 1,028, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

On Saturday, the figures rose by 13 and there were 22 new cases in the borough yesterday.

There have been 8,433 cases in Hertfordshire.

There were two new deaths of patients testing positive for Covid-19 in Hertfordshire, and no new deaths in Dacorum. The total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic of people who had a positive test result for COVID-19 and died within 28 days of the first positive test in Dacorum is still 97, in Hertfordshire it is now 876.

There have been 722,409 lab-confirmed cases in the UK.

The number of COVID-19 associated UK deaths has been recorded as 43,646 - according to Public Health England.

Nationally, 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 figures come from the Government website which is available for the public to view here.On Monday, October 12, in an effort to address the rising infection rates, the Prime Minister introduced the three-tier system for local lockdowns, which means different parts of England have been placed into different categories.

Areas in England will now be labelled as medium, high or very high risk, depending on their infection rates, which will inform the “appropriate interventions” needed in each area.

Dacorum and Hertfordshire have both been ranked in the "medium" tier.

Read: This is where Dacorum has ranked in the government's new Covid-19 three-tier systemThe 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.