Covid-19 latest: Dacorum records 504 new cases on Wednesday

Dacorum recorded 504 new positive Covid-19 cases yesterday (December 29).

The total for the borough is now 29,602 according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

The incidence rate over the last 7 days has increased from 1,664.8 per 100,000 population to 1,720.1 per 100,000 (the period represented is the 7 days ending December 24).

No update from Public Health England on Christmas Day or Boxing Day.

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

> December 22 - 398 cases

> December 23 - 350 cases

> December 24 - 350 cases

> December 25 - No update

> December 26 - No update

> December 27 - 345 cases

> December 28 - 487 cases.

According to Public Health England there were 36 confirmed Covid-19 patients in West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust - which manages hospitals in Watford, Hemel Hempstead and St Albans - on Tuesday, December 21, and six patients were on a mechanical ventilation bed.

There have been no new Covid-related deaths recorded in Dacorum. The total is still 367, according to Public Health England (deaths within 28 days of positive test).

In the UK, the number of coronavirus cases has risen by 183,037 to 12,559,926, and the number of deaths has risen by 57 to 148,089.

As of December 28, in the UK, 51,705,406 people had received the first dose of the vaccination for Covid-19, and 47,324,308 people had received their second dose.

And in Dacorum, 118,010 people had received the first dose of the vaccination for Covid-19, and 109,023 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.