Covid-19 update: here's how many new cases have been recorded in Dacorum since New Year's Eve

Dacorum has recorded 1,480 new positive Covid-19 cases between Friday, December 31, and Monday, January 3.

The total for the borough is now 31,601 according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

The incidence rate over the last 7 days is 1,863.5 per 100,000 (the period represented is the 7 days ending December 29).

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

> December 28 - 487 cases

> December 29 - 504 cases

> December 30 - 519 cases

> December 31 - 475 cases

> January 1 - 403 cases

> January 2 - 245 cases

> January 3 - 357 cases.

According to Public Health England there were 56 confirmed Covid-19 patients in West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust - which manages hospitals in Watford, Hemel Hempstead and St Albans - on Tuesday, December 28, and six patients were on a mechanical ventilation bed.

There have been no new Covid-related deaths recorded in Dacorum. The total is 368, according to Public Health England (deaths within 28 days of positive test).

In the UK, the number of coronavirus cases has risen to 13,422,815, and the number of deaths has risen to 148,893.

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.