Coronavirus latest: 202 new cases confirmed in Luton today

202 new coronavirus infections have been confirmed in Luton over the past 24 hours, according to figures from Public Health England.
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The total number of cases in the borough now stands at 8,341 (+202).

The case rate in Luton is now 467 per 100,000.

Elsewhere in the county, Central Bedfordshire has 5,900 (+222) cases while Bedford's figure is at 4,765 (+159).

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There have been 2,110,314 lab-confirmed cases across the UK, up by a daily rise of 36,804.

68,307 deaths have been recorded within 28 days of a positive test, up by 651 today.

Luton officially entered Tier 4 restrictions on Sunday.

Under Tier 4, rules are as follows:

> Non-essential shops, gyms, cinemas, hairdressers and bowling alleys will be forced to close for two weeks;

> People will be restricted to meeting one other person from another household in an outdoor public space;

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> Under the new “stay at home” order, people in Tier 4 will be told they should not stay away from home overnight;

> People should not to travel into a tier four area, though support bubbles will remain unaffected as do the exemptions for separated parents and their children.