Coronavirus latest: Dacorum records 37 new confirmed cases over the weekend

There have been 243 new cases recorded in Hertfordshire
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There have been 37 new positive Covid-19 tests in Dacorum over the weekend, the total for the borough is now 895, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

On Saturday, the figures rose by 27 and there were 10 new cases in the borough on Sunday.

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There were 243 new cases in Hertfordshire, the total is now 7,363.

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Coronavirus weekend figures

There were two new deaths of patients testing positive for Covid-19 in Hertfordshire, but 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 remains at 96, in Hertfordshire it is now 870.

There have been 603,716 lab-confirmed cases in the UK.

The number of COVID-19 associated UK deaths has been recorded as 42,825 - 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.

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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.