Coronavirus latest: Three new cases confirmed in Bedford

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The total number of cases in the borough now stands at 1,445 (+3).

Elsewhere in the county, Central Bedfordshire has 1,363 (+5) cases, while Luton's figure stands at 1,735 (+6).

There have been 337,168 lab-confirmed cases in the UK, rising by 1,295 in the past 24 hours.

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The number of Covid-19 associated UK deaths has been recorded as 41,504 - rising by three since yesterday.

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Nationally, the death toll has been 'recalculated' by officials using a revised definition of coronavirus-related deaths.

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 coronavirus test.