51 more Covid cases break out in Milton Keynes today

There have been 51 new positive cases of coronavirus recorded over the past 24 hours in Milton Keynes.

The city's total number of cases since the start of the pandemic now stands at 2,047.

There have been 120 new cases in Buckinghamshire, the total is now 4,438.

Nationally, the number of coronavirus cases has risen by 24,405 and now stands at 989,745.

The latest R number is estimated at 1.1 to 1.3 with a daily growth rate range of 2% to 4%.

The number of deaths has risen by 274 to 46,229.

The death toll has been 'recalculated' by officials. The new count is based on a new definition of who has died from Covid-19.

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 COVID test.