The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Essex has reached 4,099.
Of the total, 3,324 cases were recorded in the Essex County Council authority area, 415 in Southend and 360 in Thurrock.
In the UK 296,857 people have now tested positive and of those having tested positive for coronavirus, 41,736 have died.
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