ANOTHER three coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Herefordshire, Public Health England data shows.

The figures show that 6,742 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Monday (March 15) in Herefordshire, up from 6,739 the same time on Sunday.

The Government's online coronavirus dashboard shows that over the last seven days in Herefordshire, 59 people had tested positive for Covid-19.

This was up 12 compared to the week before.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 5,089 over the period, to 4,263,527.

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

The Government said a further 64 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Monday, bringing the UK total to 125,580.

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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 147,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.

NHS England data shows that no more patients had died at the Wye Valley NHS Trust after testing positive for coronavirus.

It means the death toll as of 4pm on Sunday stood at 224.

Meanwhile, Government data up to March 14 shows that of the 26,063,501 jabs given in the UK so far, 24,453,221 were first doses – a rise of 257,010 on the previous day.

Some 1,610,280 were second doses, an increase of 25,371.