The latest number of coronavirus cases in Herefordshire

The daily update from Public Health England shows another 21 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the county as of 9am on Monday (November 23), taking the total since March to 2,330.

It means the cumulative case total, which includes people who are currently infected, as well as those who have died or recovered, has risen by 160 since last Monday (November 16).

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The graph below shows the number of cases in Herefordshire by date of test, and not the day when the cases were published by PHE.

There can be a few days while waiting for tests results to be returned from laboratories.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 15,450 over the period to 1,527,495.

Herefordshire's cases were among the 153,201 recorded across the West Midlands, a figure which rose by 2,020 over the period.

No more patients have died at the Wye Valley NHS Trust after testing positive for coronavirus, seperate figures from NHS England show.

It means the total number of people who have died at Herefordshire's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus stands at 73 as of 4pm on Sunday (November 22).

The Government said a further 206 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Monday, bringing the UK total to 55,230.

Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been 71,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.