UPDATE: Bedford records nearly 90 positive Covid cases in 24 hours Bedford News

To date (September 3), Bedford has registered 88 new cases, with a total of 20,505 people now diagnosed with the virus, according to the latest figures from Public Health England

Central Bedfordshire recorded 193, with a new total of 26,058, while Luton has 187, bringing the total to 28,309.

There were no deaths in Bedford (495), one in Luton (528) and one in Central Bedfordshire (594).

At Bedford Hospital and Luton & Dunstable Hospital, seven patients have been admitted in the past 24 hours, 76 are currently being treated in hospital and eight patients are on ventilation.

There is no longer any distribution between the two hospitals.

Meanwhile, Buckinghamshire now has 48,297 Covid cases, Hertfordshire 117,532 and Milton Keynes 29,116 cases.

Nationally, the number of coronavirus cases has increased by 42,076 and now stands at 6,904,969. There have been 121 deaths, bringing the total to 133,041.

The new figures unfortunately do not include the number of patients who have recovered from Covid-19.

In the UK, as today, 48,171,998 people received the first dose of the Covid vaccine, and 43,142,747 received their second dose. In Bedford, 124,967 people received the first dose and 113,266 the second.

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