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- As of 9am March 13, 20 people across Hertfordshire have tested positive for coronavius.
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- It makes the county the joint third highest local authority alongside Hampshire with confirmed cases of Covid-19.
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- The London borough of Kensington and Chelsea has the second highest number of cases with 21, while Oxfordshire has the highest with 22.
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- Several of the locations of confirmed coronavirus cases in Hertfordshire are known.
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- The University of Hertfordshire released a statement yesterday that a student had tested positive for Covid-19.
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- This came shortly after Arsenal confirmed its manager Mikel Arteta tested positive for coronavirus.
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- The club had closed its London Colney training ground in Bell Lane in order to give it a "deep clean".
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- Premier League games have now been suspended until April, meaning today's match between Watford FC and Leicester City has been postponed.
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- Further cases of coronavirus in the county have been confirmed by the East and North Hertfordshire Trust. There is a positive at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, while a company in Welham Green confirmed in a letter that one of its employees had received a positive test back.
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- On Wednesday evening, the East of England Ambulance Service said one of its paramedics, who lives in Hertfordshire , tested positive.
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- On Monday evening, an elderly coronavirus patient with underlying health conditions, died at Watford General Hospital. He has been named online as Manohar Krishna Prabhu and he was a member of the congregation at Bhaktidevanta Manor in Letchmore Heath.
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- In a press conference, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that 'up to 10,000 people across the UK could already be infected'.
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- Officially, the government says it has identified 798 positive cases as of 9am yesterday.
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- The government is moving to the 'delay' stage in an attempt to reduce the risk of the spread.
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- Anyone experiencing a new continuous cough or high temperature is being asked to self-isolate for seven days.
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- Plans are also under way to ban mass gatherings from next week as the Government looks to implement more extreme measures in the fight against Covid-19.
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- For the latest updates on the coronavirus outbreak in Hertfordshire and the UK, follow our live blog.
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