Covid-19 latest: Dacorum records 58 new cases but no covid-related deaths

Dacorum recorded 58 new positive Covid-19 cases today (July 12).

The total for the borough is now 9,990, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

The incidence rate over the last 7 days has increased from 308.2 per 100,000population to 318.6 per 100,000(the period represented is the 7 days ending July 5).

In Hertfordshire there are now 87,124 cases.

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

> July 5 - 63 cases

> July 6 - 66 cases

> July 7 - 72 cases

> July 8 - 58 cases

> July 9 - 100 cases

> July 10 - 93 cases

> July 11 - 93 cases.

According to Public Health England there were 14 confirmed COVID-19 patients in West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust - which manages hospitals in Watford, Hemel Hempstead and St Albans - on Tuesday, July 6, and four patients were 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). It has been 58 days since a death within 28 days of a COVID test has been reported in Dacorum.

In the UK - excluding Northern Ireland - the number of coronavirus cases has risen by 34,471 to 5,155,243. The number of deaths has risen by six to 128,431.

As of July 11, in the UK, 45,923,721 people had received the first dose of the vaccination for COVID-19, and 34,872,131 had received their second dose.

And in Dacorum, 106,055 people had received the first dose of the vaccination for COVID-19, and 80,422 had received their second dose.

Here's how many people had received both the first and second dose of the vaccine by June 27, in each area of Dacorum.

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.