Public Health England has confirmed that a further 18 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Herefordshire, taking the total number of cases of the virus recorded in the county since the start of the outbreak to 1,138.

In the United Kingdom, 19,724 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded. Last Wednesday, the United Kingdom recorded 14,162 new cases. Yesterday the United Kingdom recorded 17,234 new cases.

4,146 patients are in hospital in England with COVID-19 up from 3,905 yesterday and up from 2,944 last Wednesday

468 patients are in mechanical ventilation beds in England with COVID-19 up from 441 yesterday and up from 376 last Wednesday.