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

150 covid-related deaths recorded nationally, but none in Dacorum
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Dacorum recorded another 176 new positive Covid-19 cases today (December 14).

The total for the borough is now 24,404 according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

The incidence rate over the last 7 days has increased from 523 per 100,000 population to 541.6 per 100,000 (the period represented is the 7 days ending December 9).

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

> December 7 - 87 cases

> December 8 - 131 cases

> December 9 - 118 cases

> December 10 - 131 cases

> December 11 - 157 cases

> December 12 - 147 cases

> December 13 - 176 cases.

According to Public Health England there were 34 confirmed Covid-19 patients in West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust - which manages hospitals in Watford, Hemel Hempstead and St Albans - on Tuesday, December 7, and five patients were on a mechanical ventilation bed.

There have been no new Covid-related deaths recorded in Dacorum. The total is still 363, according to Public Health England (deaths within 28 days of positive test).

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As of December 13, in the UK, 51,298,838 people had received the first dose of the vaccination for Covid-19, and 46,804,609 people had received their second dose.

And in Dacorum, 117,480 people had received the first dose of the vaccination for Covid-19, and 107,794 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.