NO NEW coronavirus cases have been recorded in Oxfordshire for the second day running but a new system the Government are using is reporting inaccurate data.

The Government’s latest statistics reveal that nobody is in hospital with coronavirus and there are no new cases – but an alert from Public Health England says: “The introduction of a new system disrupted the removal of cases where a positive rapid lateral flow test (LFD) was followed by all negative laboratory (PCR) tests taken within three days, as reported yesterday. Therefore a further 561 cases have been removed today.

“Regions and local authorities do not show the actual number of new cases reported.

“UK and England numbers of newly reported cases have been adjusted and correctly reflect new cases reported.

“This issue will be ongoing over the next few days.”

In the United Kingdom there have been 2,696 new positive Covid-19 cases.

Of those, 2,151 are in England.

In hospitals across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, 89 people were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of patients in hospital with the virus to 939.

Of those, 124 are on ventilation.

In England, 114 people are on ventilation.

Yesterday, three people died within 28 days of a positive test in England.

The number of people this week who have died as a result of Covid-19 but not within 28 days of a positive test stands at 124 this week.

All of them have Covid-19 written as a cause of death on their death certificate.

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