SEVEN patients have now died in the Wye Valley NHS Trust area after testing positive for coronavirus.

A further two people died in the county on Thursday (April 2), NHS England figures show.

The first death recorded in Herefordshire due to the coronavirus was last Saturday (March 28).

It comes as the number of confirmed cases in the county rises to 57.

The figures, correct as of 9am this morning (Saturday), are up from 51 from the previous day.

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