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- A further 22 deaths of Covid-19 patients at West Herts hospitals were confirmed yesterday, taking the total death toll at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust to 84.
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- Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned NHS workers yesterday to -make sure personal protective equipment (PPE) is "not being used more than is needed".
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- The comment met some backlash from Royal College of Nursing general secretary Dame Donna Kinnair who said on Saturday that PPE was not "more precious a resource than a healthcare worker's life, a nurse's life, a doctor's life".
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- A nurse at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow, which treats Hertfordshire residents, complained that she felt her life was at risk and not valued - due to the lack of PPE distribution.
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- Hertsmere MP Oliver Dowden called out conspiracy theories shared on TV which amounted vaccination or the virus as "fascism".
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- As of Friday (April 10) there are 1,179 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Hertfordshire.
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- Read our live-blog recap.
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