THERE has been a rise in coronavirus cases recorded in Herefordshire with the cumulative number since the start of the outbreak now standing at 948, a rise of four since yesterday.

The figures released by the Government showed a daily increase in the UK of 4,322 cases with a cumulative total of 385,936 since the outbreak began.

The number of deaths of people who had tested positive for Covid-19 recorded today were 27 making a cumulative total of 41,732.