Council will not be releasing figures of confirmed coronavirus cases

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Tuesday, 17 March 2020 16:27

By Carmelo Garcia - Local Democracy Reporter

Herefordshire Council will not be releasing figures of confirmed coronavirus cases in the county in line with national guidance.

Director of Public Health for Herefordshire Karen Wright said: “In line with national guidance, community testing of all possible cases has now been stopped .

“The testing is now focussed on health care and other priority settings.

“We will not therefore be able to confirm the number of cases in Herefordshire.

“This will be the case in other local authorities.”

As of 9am yesterday (March 16) there is still only one confirmed case in the county.

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