Latest figures show one new confirmed case of COVID-19 in Dacorum

There has been one new death from coronavirus recorded at West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust over the past 24 hours, latest official figures show.

NHS England figures show 326 people had died in hospital at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust as of 5pm on Wednesday, May 13.

Of 23 trusts within the region, the West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust, which manages Hemel Hempstead Hospital, Watford General Hospital and St Albans City Hospital, has the highest death toll.

Figures released by Public Health England show that there has been one new confirmed case of Covid-19 in Dacorum, there are now 327.

There are 2,680 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Hertfordshire, up from 2,660.

But the true number of cases is thought to be far higher with many people not being tested.

There have been nine coronavirus deaths at the Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, eight at the Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, and 134 at East and North Hertfordshire Trust.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in Dacorum, 95 deaths involving Covid-19 were provisionally registered up to May 9 – up from 84 the week before.

Of those, 18 occurred in care homes and three at private homes. A further two deaths occurred in hospices, other community establishments or elsewhere. In the previous week, 17 Covid-19 deaths had been recorded in care homes. The figures include deaths that occurred up to May 1 which were registered up to eight days later.

Nationally, the number of coronavirus cases now stands at 233,151 (includes tests carried out by commercial partners which are not included in the country totals), rising by 3,446.

The number of COVID-19 associated UK deaths has been recorded as 33,614, rising by 428 - according to Public Health England.

The number of deaths are people who have had a positive test result confirmed by a Public Health or NHS laboratory.

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 and 5pm on Wednesday.