EVENING UPDATE: Dacorum records over 40 new coronavirus cases

As of last night (November 12), Dacorum had 46 new positive Covid-19 tests.

The total for the borough is now 1,643, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

There have been 436 new cases today in Hertfordshire, the total is now 13,972.

The deaths figures for England and UK were published late last night (Thursday) on the Public Health England website.

There has been no new recorded deaths in Dacorum, the total is still 106. There have been two new deaths in Hertfordshire, the total is now 915, according to Public Health England.

Nationally, the number of coronavirus cases has risen by 33,470 and now stands at 1,290,195.

The number of deaths has risen by 563 to 50,928.

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 Tuesday, November 10, and Wednesday, November 11.

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