No new Covid-19 cases in Milton Keynes today - but how can the figures be accurate?

Government figures once again show no new coronavirus cases in MK over the past 24 hours.

The total number of lab-confirmed cases has stood at 517 for several days. This is despite a major outbreak confirmed late last week by local public health officials at an MK children's nursery.

Twenty children, staff and family members at Westcroft's Acorn nursery all tested positive between Monday June 15 and Thursday June 25. Yet none of these has been reflected in the daily figures published by the government.

The error has led to doubt about Covid-19 statistics for MK and elsehwere.

Even city mayor Andrew Geary said today: "The number of reported positive confirmed cases is now published as 517, although we know this to be inaccurate due to the reported outbreak at a nursery in Milton Keynes last week which have not yet been included." Nationally the death count was down to 25 today, and daily number of lab-confirmed cases was 815.

This brings the total UK death toll to 43,575 and the total number of positive tests to 311,965.