The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Herefordshire increased by 87 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.
Public Health England figures show that 4,881 people in Herefordshire had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic by 9am on Thursday (January 14).
The health body is now including Pillar 2 tests – those carried out by commercial partners – alongside Pillar 1 tests, which are analysed in NHS or PHE laboratories and which made up the first stage of the Government's mass testing programme.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 48,682 over the period, to 3,260,258.
Herefordshire's cases were among the 297,565 recorded across the West Midlands, a figure which rose by 4,833 over the period.
Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.
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