Covid-19 latest: Dacorum records 43 new cases but no deaths today

No new Covid-related deaths recorded in Dacorum
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Dacorum recorded 43 new positive Covid-19 cases today (August 9).

The total for the borough is now 12,161, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

The incidence rate over the last 7 days has increased from 242.5 per 100,000 population to 253.4 per 100,000 (the period represented is the 7 days ending August 4).

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In Hertfordshire, the number of cases has risen by 427 to 104,786.

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

> August 2 - 58 cases

> August 3 - 54 cases

> August 4 - 76 cases

> August 5 - 55 cases

> August 6 - 62 cases

> August 7 - 58 cases

> August 8 - 43 cases.

According to Public Health England there were 31 confirmed COVID-19 patients in West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust - which manages hospitals in Watford, Hemel Hempstead and St Albans - on Tuesday, August 3, and five patients were on a mechanical ventilation bed.

There have been no new Covid-related deaths recorded in Dacorum, the total is 336, according to Public Health England (deaths within 28 days of positive test). There have been no deaths recorded for five days.

In the UK, the number of coronavirus cases has risen by 25,161 to 6,094,243. The number of deaths has risen by 37 to 130,357.

As of August 8, in the UK, 47,059,639 people had received the first dose of the vaccination for COVID-19, and 39,551,538 had received their second dose.

And in Dacorum, 107,721 people (82.7 per cent) had received the first dose of the vaccination for COVID-19, and 90,160 (69.2 per cent) 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.