Covid-19 latest: here's how many new cases were recorded in Dacorum in the last 24 hours

Dacorum recorded 40 new positive Covid-19 cases today (June 25).

The total for the borough is now 8,953, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

The incidence rate over the last 7 days has increased from 43.9 per 100,000 population to 47.8 per 100,000 (the period represented is the 7 days ending June 20).

In Hertfordshire, 217 new cases were recorded - the total is now 80,204.

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

> June 18 - eight cases

> June 19 - 14 cases

> June 20 - 15 cases

> June 21 - 14 cases

> June 22 - 10 cases

> June 23 - 31 cases

> June 24 - 32 cases.

According to Public Health England there were eight confirmed COVID-19 patients in West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust - which manages hospitals in Watford, Hemel Hempstead and St Albans - on Tuesday, June 22, and two 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 42 days since a death within 28 days of a COVID test has been reported in Dacorum.

In the UK, the number of coronavirus cases has risen by 15,810 to 4,699,868. The number of deaths has risen by 18 to 128,066.

As of June 24, in the UK, 43,877,861 people had received the first dose of the vaccination for COVID-19, and 32,085,916 had received their second dose.

And in Dacorum, 101,479 people had received the first dose of the vaccination for COVID-19, and 75,029 had received their second dose.

Here's how many people had received both the first and second dose of the vaccine by June 13, 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 new figures were recorded between 5pm on Wednesday, June 23, and 5pm on Thursday, June 24.

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