There were 74 new coronavirus cases and three virus-linked deaths announced in Milton Keynes today, according to the latest data.
The latest update brings the total number of people tested positive in Milton Keynes since the start of the pandemic to 17,944 - of which 564 were in the past seven days.
The 7-day case rate in Milton Keynes has fallen today from 283.9 cases per 100,000 people yesterday to 278.3 cases per 100,000 people today.
Nationally, there were an additional 19,114 people tested positive today with 1,014 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.
Three of these deaths took place in Milton Keynes taking the city's total COVID-linked death toll to 404 since the start of the pandemic.
On a more positive note, over 120,000 doses of vaccine have been delivered to residents living in Milton Keynes and Bedfordshire.
MKFM has now changed the way we report COVID-linked deaths. There are three ways that deaths are recorded, and we previously used the official NHS data just covering deaths in hospitals.
These deaths were announced by the NHS days after the deaths occurred, and only included those in a hospital setting. That is why we have decided from Monday 1st February 2020 to now report on deaths from Government data which includes virus-linked deaths in all settings (hospitals, care homes, and private residences).
