MORE people have tested positive for coronavirus in Herefordshire over the last 24 hours, official figures show.

Public Health England figures show that 997 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Wednesday (September 23) in Herefordshire, up from 992 the same time on Tuesday.

The health body is now including Pillar 2 tests – those carried out by commercial partners – alongside Pillar 1 tests, which are analysed in NHS or PHE laboratories and which made up the first stage of the Government's mass testing programme.

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The rate of infection in Herefordshire now stands at 517 cases per 100,000 people, far lower than the England average of 627.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 6,178 over the period, to 409,729.

Herefordshire's cases were among the 38,979 recorded across the West Midlands, a figure which rose by 902 over the period.

Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.