Covid-19 latest: Dacorum records 14 new positive cases in the last 24 hours

Hertfordshire records 117 new cases
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Dacorum recorded 14 new positive Covid-19 cases today (June 21).

The total for the borough is now 8,840, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

The incidence rate over the last 7 days has decreased from 36.2 per 100,000 population to 34.9 per 100,000 (the period represented is the 7 days ending June 16).

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In Hertfordshire, 117 new cases were recorded - the total is now 79,438.

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

> June 14 - 14 cases

> June 15 - six cases

> June 16 - eight cases

> June 17 - nine cases

> June 18 - eight cases

> June 19 - 14 cases

> June 20 - 15 cases.

According to Public Health England there were two confirmed COVID-19 patients in West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust - which manages hospitals in Watford, Hemel Hempstead and St Albans - on Tuesday, June 15, and one patient was on a mechanical ventilation bed.

There have been no new Covid-related deaths recorded in Dacorum, the total is 332, according to Public Health England (deaths within 28 days of positive test).

In the UK, the number of coronavirus cases has risen by 10,633 to 4,640,507. The number of deaths has risen by five to 127,981.

As of June 20, in the UK, 43,127,763 people had received the first dose of the vaccination for COVID-19, and 31,449,915 had received their second dose.

And in Dacorum, 98,402 people had received the first dose of the vaccination for COVID-19, and 73,278 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 new figures were recorded between 5pm on Saturday, June 19, and 5pm on Sunday, June 20.

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