Covid-19 latest: Dacorum records 131 new cases in the last 24 hours

120 covid-related deaths recorded nationally, but none in Dacorum
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Dacorum recorded 131 new positive Covid-19 cases today (December 10).

The total for the borough is now 23,748 according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

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The incidence rate over the last 7 days has decreased from 534.6 per 100,000 population to 523 per 100,000 (the period represented is the 7 days ending December 5).

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Here's a daily breakdown of the figures in Dacorum for the last seven days:

> December 3 - 120 cases

> December 4 - 152 cases

> December 5 - 94 cases

> December 6 - 107 cases

> December 7 - 87 cases

> December 8 - 131 cases

> December 9 - 118 cases.

According to Public Health England there were 34 confirmed Covid-19 patients in West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust - which manages hospitals in Watford, Hemel Hempstead and St Albans - on Tuesday, December 7, and five patients were on a mechanical ventilation bed.

There have been no new Covid-related deaths recorded in Dacorum. The total is still 363, according to Public Health England (deaths within 28 days of positive test).

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In the UK, the number of coronavirus cases has risen by 58,194 to 10,719,165 and the number of deaths has risen by 120 to 146,255.

As of December 9, in the UK, 51,207,496 people had received the first dose of the vaccination for Covid-19, and 46,674,061 people had received their second dose.

And in Dacorum, 117,290 people had received the first dose of the vaccination for Covid-19, and 107,560 people had received their second dose.

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.