Coronavirus latest: 14 new cases confirmed in Luton

There have been 14 new instances of coronavirus confirmed in Luton in the past 24 hours, according to figures from Public Health England.

The total number of cases in the borough now stands at 2,188 (+14).

Elsewhere in the county, Central Bedfordshire has 1,636 (+10) cases, while Bedford's figure stands at 1,740 (+17).

The total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic of people who had a positive test result for COVID-19 and died within 28 days of the first positive test in Luton is 186.

There have been 515,571 lab-confirmed cases in the UK, rising by 12,594.

The number of Covid-19 associated UK deaths has been recorded as 42,369, rising by 19.

Nationally, the death toll has been 'recalculated' by officials. The new count is based on a new definition of who has died from Covid-19.

Previously, people in England who died at any stage following a positive test, regardless of the cause of their death, were counted in the figures.

However, there is now a cut off point of 28 days from the first laboratory-confirmed positive COVID test.

The figures for the number of patients recovered from Covid-19 have not been released by Public Health England.

The cases by publish date for 3 and 4 October include 15,841 additional cases with specimen dates between 25 September and 2 October — they are therefore artificially high for England and the UK.

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