Coronavirus latest: One new confirmed case in Dacorum today
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There has been one new confirmed case of coronavirus in Dacorum today (Friday), the total for the borough is now 662, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.
There were 36 new cases in Hertfordshire, the total is now 5,395.
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Hide AdThe total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic of people who had had a positive test result for COVID-19 and died within 28 days of the first positive test in Dacorum is 94, in Hertfordshire there have been 852 deaths.


There have been 385,936 lab-confirmed cases in the UK, rising by 4,322.
The number of COVID-19 associated UK deaths has been recorded as 41,732, rising by 27, - 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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Hide AdPreviously, 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 Wednesday, September 16, and Thursday, September 17.
The figures come from the Government website which is available for the public to view here.
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