New coronavirus cases in Herefordshire drop into single figures

It comes after months of the daily figures for the number of people testing positive have ranged between a dozen and more than 100.

The Public Health England figures show that 6,636 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Monday (March 1) in Herefordshire, up from 6,633 the same time on Sunday.

The Government's coronavirus dashboard shows 119 cases have been found over the last seven days, 73 fewer than the week before. 

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.

The Government website says the last five days' data is incomplete, thought to be due to a delay in results being processed.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 5,455 over the period, to 4,182,009.

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

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Latest figures from NHS England show no more patients have died at the Wye Valley Trust after testing positive for coronavirus as of 4pm on Sunday.

It means the latest death toll at hospitals in Herefordshire remains at 220.

A further 127 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 83,250, NHS England said on Monday.

Patients were aged between 46 and 99.

All one, aged 58, had a known underlying health condition.

The deaths were between December 9 and February 28, with the majority being on or after February 24.

There were 16 other deaths reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.

A total of 17,812,739 Covid-19 vaccinations took place in England between December 8 and February 28, according to provisional NHS England data, including first and second doses, which is a rise of 170,947 on the previous day’s figures.

Of this number, 17,212,804 were the first dose of a vaccine, a rise of 161,559 on the previous day, while 599,935 were a second dose, an increase of 9,388.