Public Health England has confirmed that a further 81 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Herefordshire, taking the total number of cases recorded in the county to 1,894 since the start of the outbreak.

266 cases have now been recorded in Herefordshire over the past seven days.

The UK has reported 33,470 new cases of COVID-19. Last Thursday, the UK reported 24,141 cases of the virus.

11,990 patients were in hospitals in England yesterday with COVID-19, this was up from 11,306 on Tuesday.

1,081 patients were in mechanical ventilation beds in England yesterday with COVID-19, this was up from 1,010 on Tuesday.