EVENING UPDATE: Dacorum records over 20 new coronavirus cases

Public Health England has updated the way it records the location of people who have been tested for Covid-19
Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now

As of last night (November 17), Dacorum had 28 new positive Covid-19 tests.

The total for the borough is now 1,673, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

Read More
Read more: Coronavirus latest: Breakdown in each area of Dacorum for week leadin...
Coronavirus stock imageCoronavirus stock image
Coronavirus stock image

On Monday, Public Health England has changed the way it records the location of people who have been tested for Covid-19 - counts of cases and deaths at sub-national level have been updated to reflect this.

The address given at the point of testing will now be used to determine a person's area of residence, rather than that on their electronic NHS record, with the change retrospectively applied to tests carried out from September 1.

As a result of this, both Dacorum and Hertfordshire have seen case numbers reduce.

There have been 11 new recorded deaths in Dacorum, the total is now 117. There have been six new deaths in Hertfordshire, the total is now 923, according to Public Health England.

Nationally, the number of coronavirus cases has risen by 20,051 and now stands at 1,410,732.

The number of deaths has risen by 598 to 52,745.

The death toll has been 'recalculated' by officials. The new count is based on a new definition of who has died from Covid-19.

Previously, people in England who died at any stage following a positive test, regardless of the cause of their death, were counted in the figures.

However, there is now a cut off point of 28 days from the first laboratory-confirmed positive COVID test.

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 Sunday, November 15, and Monday, November 16.

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