Weekly COVID-19 report & message from Central Bedfordshire Council's Public Health lead
Date Added: 12/10/2020
The number of people testing positive for coronavirus in the last week (week ending 4 October) has increased by 45 cases compared to the same point last week to 101 cases. Sadly, there has also been another death.
In line with the rest of the country infections are on the rise. Celia Shohet, the Public Health lead for Central Bedfordshire asks everyone who needs to self-isolate to do so to reduce the spread of the infection (watch Celia's video on YouTube).
Please share this information in your community.
The headline statistics from our Public Health partner councils are provided below:
• Luton: 127 cases (up 5 from the previous week)
• Bedford: 118 cases (up 46 from the previous week)
• Milton Keynes: 109 cases (up 53 from the previous week)
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