Coronavirus latest: 14 new cases in Bedford over Bank Holiday Weekend

14 new instances of coronavirus have been confirmed in Bedford over the Bank Holiday Weekend, according to Public Health England.
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The total number of cases in the borough now stands at 1,442 (+14).

Elsewhere in the county, Central Bedfordshire has 1,358 (+8) cases, while Luton's figure stands at 1,729 (+6).

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There have been 335,873 lab-confirmed cases in the UK, rising by 1,406 in the past 24 hours.

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The number of Covid-19 associated UK deaths has been recorded as 41,501 - rising by two since yesterday.

Nationally, the death toll has been 'recalculated' by officials with a revised 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.

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

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