There were 43 new coronavirus cases and two 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 18,741 - of which 357 were in the past seven days.
The 7-day case rate in Milton Keynes has risen slightly today from 131.7 cases to 132.5 cases per 100,000 people today.
This remains higher than the national case rate of 126.1 cases per 100,000 people.
Nationally, there were an additional 10,406 people tested positive today with 445 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.
Two of these deaths took place in Milton Keynes taking the city's total COVID-linked death toll to 437 since the start of the pandemic.
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).
