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Coronavirus in Hertfordshire recap: 4 more deaths at West Herts hospitals

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  • Boris Johnson is returning to work today - including chairing the morning cabinet meeting on Covid-19 and holding talks with senior ministers.
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  • Yesterday, another two deaths were announced announced by West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, taking the Covid-19 death toll at the trust to 254.
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  • The coronavirus drive-thru testing centre at Watford General Hospital for staff and family members has tested 140 people since launching four days ago.
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  • Pat Byrne, the Northwood FC life president, has died from Covid-19 on April 25.
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  • In Hertfordshire, 2,101 people have tested positive for Covid-19.
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  • Four further coronavirus patients being cared for at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust have died, Public Health England announced today. This brings the total number of deaths at the trust to 258.
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  • Nationally, a further 329 people, who tested positive for coronavirus have died. This brings the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 18,749.
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  • Read our live-blog recap of coronavirus updates in Hertfordshire and the UK.

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