Here's how the newspapers in Essex are reporting the coronavirus pandemic:

• The Gazette , externalreports that a 99-year-old war hero is following in Captain Tom Moore’s footsteps and walking 100 lengths of her driveway to raise funds for the NHS
• It also has a story, external about a girls' school which broadcasts its own breakfast radio show every morning.
• The Echo, external reports how fitness coach Joe Wicks delighted a nine-year-old with a video call on BBC London news

A mobile Covid-19 testing unit will test essential workers in Stevenage today.

If you are in the first 72 hours of experiencing symptoms, or live with people who are, you can go to Hertfordshire County Council's Farnham/Robertson House offices on Six Hills Way, and take your work ID badge with you.

Work has started to build a temporary 18-bed ward in the main car park at Kettering General Hospital, Northamptonshire.

It is hoped the ward will open on 18 May and be in operation for six months.

It will serve as a contingency measure to support the management and flow of non-Covid patients at the hospital.

Image source, Suffolk Constabulary

The chief constable of Suffolk, external labelled the actions of a small minority of people ignoring coronavirus restrictions at the weekend as "unbelievable".

Steve Jupp said a couple of officers were coughed or spat at, one was assaulted and another was bitten by a dog when they went to break up street parties.

"By and large Suffolk communities have been sticking to the advice, but there have been a few extremes," he said.

Mr Jupp said it was "unbelievable" and the wider community would be "disappointed" that some people still think "it's alright to travel to friends' houses to have a party, to have a street barbecue, just to push the limits of common sense".

Paramedic Tristan Cork says he faced a dilemma but wants to "be part of the fight" against Covid-19.

West Suffolk MP Matt Hancock is one of the most high-profile members of the Conservative government due to his job as Secretary of State for Health during the coronavirus pandemic.

BBC Radio 4 has taken a look at his career in its Profile programme, featuring judicious use of the Tigger song from the Disney version of Winnie the Pooh.

Police in Welwyn Garden City said the number of people in Stanborough Park on Sunday afternoon who were ignoring the social-distancing restrictions was "disappointing".

Officers said they had "moved on" people who were fishing, sunbathing, having picnics and boating on the lake.

In a Facebook post, external, they said "the rules apply to every single person" and we "must adhere to the government guidelines, external to prevent the spread of the coronavirus".

Image source, Geograph/Philip Jeffrey

Holly King-Mand says she "might still be in pyjamas" if she was not teaching thousands of children.

Two more officers were said to have been assaulted during the disturbance in Colchester, police say.

Royal Mail says it is "honoured" to commemorate the war veteran, who has raised £29m for the NHS.

Matt Precey
BBC Look East

The latest figures for the number of Covid-19 deaths in the East of England has been released by the government, external.

In the BBC East region, statistics for each NHS hospital trust show a rise of 55 deaths, although daily increases do not necessarily reflect deaths from the previous day, just those reported in the previous 24 hours.

The total number of deaths at the region's hospitals is now 2,409.

• Anglian Community, Fryatt Hospital: 2
• Basildon and Thurrock: 5
• Addenbrooke's, Cambridge: 3
• East and North Hertfordshire: 2
• Colchester and Ipswich: 4
• Kettering General: 2
• Luton and Dunstable: 9
• Mid Essex, Chelmsford, Maldon and Braintree: 1
• Milton Keynes: 1
• Norfolk and Norwich: 2
• Norfolk Community: 1
• North West Anglia, Peterborough and Hinchingbrooke: 4
• Northampton General: 4
• Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge: 1
• Princess Alexandra, Harlow: 1
• Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn: 10
• West Hertfordshire Hospitals: 2
• West Suffolk Hospitals: 2

The total number of coronavirus-related UK deaths in hospitals is 20,732.

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