MORE than 100 new coronavirus cases were found in Herefordshire over the weekend, official figures show.
Public Health England figures show that 7,845 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Monday (July 12) in Herefordshire, up by 119 from 7,726 the same time on Friday.
The health body recently changed the way it records the figures.
Cases identified through a positive lateral flow test – those which can deliver results within half an hour – will no longer be counted if the person then takes a PCR test, which is sent to a lab to be checked, and receives a negative result within three days.
These cases are now being removed daily.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 97,150 over the period, to 5,155,243.
Herefordshire's cases were among the 488,467 recorded across the West Midlands, a figure which rose by 9,106 over the period.
Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.
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