UPDATE: Bedford records just 20 cases while Luton has another huge jump in 24 hours

As of today (November 30), Bedford has 20 new cases of coronavirus, with a total of 3,284 people now diagnosed with the deadly virus, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

There were no deaths in Bedford (197), no deaths in Luton (217) and no deaths in Central Bedfordshire (255).

On Thursday, Bedford discovered it would leave the medium tier it had been in before lockdown - and would now be lumped in with the whole of the county in the 'high' Tier 2 as Luton recorded over 2,500 more cases than Bedford.

There was one death in Bedford (197), one death in Luton (217) and no deaths in Central Bedfordshire (255).

Central Bedfordshire has 40 new Covid cases with a total of 3,585, while Luton recorded 85 with a new total of 5,825.

Meanwhile, Buckinghamshire now has 7,460 cases of Covid, Hertfordshire has 17,593 and Milton Keynes has 3,792 cases.

The new figures are recorded between 5pm the previous day to 5pm.

Nationally, the number of coronavirus cases has risen by 12,330 and now stands at 1,629,657. The number of deaths has risen by 205 to 58,448.

The figures come from the Government website which is available for the public to view here