Confirmed coronavirus cases in Nottinghamshire reaches 1,490 today (Wednesday, July 1), says Public Health England

There now has been 1,490 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nottinghamshire, Public Health England has revealed.

Nottingham city itself has had 629 confirmed cases, up one since yesterday.

There are 173 covid-19 positive cases in Newark and Sherwood.

According to the latest public data ­— 312,654 patients in the UK have tested positive and 43,730 people have died.

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