UPDATE: Milton Keynes has 28 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours

As of today (Friday, October 9), Milton Keynes has recorded 28 new cases in 24 hours, with a total of 1,345 people now diagnosed with the deadly virus, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

Buckinghamshire has 68 new cases, with a total of 2,716. There were no deaths recorded in the city or county.

In neighbouring Bedfordshire, there were 78 new cases.

Bedford now has 1,845 cases after recording 30 new cases, Central Bedfordshire has 1,720 with 16 new cases and Luton has 2,310 after recording 32 new cases.

Due to a technical issue, which has now been resolved, there has been a delay in publishing a number of COVID-19 cases to the dashboard in England. This means the total reported over the coming days will include some additional cases from the period between September 24 and October 1, increasing the number of cases reported.

Nationally, 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.

Previous data shared by Public Health England relied solely on Pillar 1 (testing from Public Health England and NHS Hospital Trusts), but as of Thursday, July 2, the information includes Pillar 2 (non-clinical and commercial testing).

It has seen a radical overhaul of how coronavirus infection data is presented across the country, with hundreds of new cases emerging in individual authorities.

The new figures are recorded between 5pm the previous day to 5pm.

Nationally, the number of coronavirus cases has risen by 13,864 and now stands at 575,679. The number of deaths has risen by 87 to 42,679.

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