Coronavirus latest: 112 new cases confirmed in Luton today

The total number of cases in the borough now stands at 4,280 (+112).

The case rate in Luton currently stands at 256.7 per 100,000.

Elsewhere in the county, Central Bedfordshire has 2,886 (+97) cases, while Bedford's figure stands at 2,749 (+50).

There have been 1,290,195 lab-confirmed cases across the UK, up by a large daily rise of 33,470.

Due to a delay in processing England deaths data, the deaths figures for England and UK have not been updated.

The UK entered its second lockdown last week, to be reviewed after four weeks.

The government hopes the restrictions will stem the rising tide in new cases.

A vaccine being prepared by pharmaceutical firm Pfizer has been reported to be 90% effective in preventing the virus, but remains in development. Other vaccine trials are taking place in hospitals around the UK.