ANOTHER 37 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Herefordshire, Public Health England has confirmed.

Public Health England figures show that 6,088 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Thursday (February 4) in Herefordshire, up from 6,051 the same time on Wednesday.

The Government coronavirus dashboard shows over the last seven days a further 267 cases have been confirmed in the county, 86 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 20,634 over the last 24 hours, to 3,892,459.

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

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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 127,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.

NHS England figures show 173 people have now died at the Wye Valley Trust after a positive coronavirus test result.

Meanwhile, a total of 9,508,006 Covid-19 vaccinations had taken place in England between December 8 and February 3, according to provisional NHS England data, including first and second doses, which is a rise of 381,076 on the previous day’s figures.

Of this number, 9,041,835 were the first dose of the vaccine, a rise of 378,794 on the previous day’s figures, while 466,171 were the second dose, an increase of 2,282.