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: Berkshire areas that currently have higher infection rates than places in Tier 2 : Cookham v Coronavirus October 20, 2020, 01:54:11 PM Three areas of Berkshire have higher infection rates than places that have been put under tougher Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions.
So far, all areas of Berkshire have been put under Tier 1 restrictions, which means people must abide by the rule of six and entertainment venues have to stick to the 10pm curfew. This is despite Windsor and Maidenhead having an infection rate of 123.5 per 100,000 people, according to the latest figures as of October 16. It means that the borough has a higher infection rate than places in London and Essex which have been put into Tier 2. People living in Tier 2 are not allowed to mix with other households both in their homes or in public places such as pubs, bars and restaurants. Windsor and Maidenhead has a higher infection rate than 10 London boroughs, while Slough and Reading's rates are higher than one. They are: Hammersmith and Fulham (121.0) Haringey (120.2) Newham (106.2) Hounslow (106.1) Hillingdon (104.6) Barking and Dagenham (104.3) Wandsworth (102.8) Tower Hamlets (101.9) Havering (101.3) Kingston upon Thames (98) Bexley (65.6) Windsor and Maidenhead and Slough also have higher infection rates than Tendring (98.3); Basildon (88.1); Braintree (43.9); (Chelmsford 72.9), among others in Essex. Bassetlaw (115.8) in Nottinghamshire is also lower than Windsor and Maidenhead's. The spiralling infection rates in Windsor and Maidenhead have prompted the council to appeal to the Government to be placed in Tier 2. Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough and Reading all have a higher infection rates than Bromley and Croydon, which both have rates of 73.7. The three Berkshire areas also have higher infection rates than Chelmsford in Essex (72.9). Essex went into Tier 2 after Essex County Council appealed to the Government to be put into the tier on Saturday, October 17. It comes as Slough could also be put into a Tier 2 lockdown voluntarily. Statistics on infection rates are being tracked by the Press Association, providing a rolling seven-day rate of infection for each area in England. Here are the latest infection rates for every area in Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead - 123.5 Slough - 97.6 Reading - 74.2 Wokingham - 61.4 Bracknell Forest - 56.3 West Berkshire - 42.9 All the places currently in Tier 2 York York Cheshire Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire East Warrington Greater Manchester Manchester Bolton Bury Stockport Tameside Trafford Wigan Salford Rochdale Oldham Derbyshire Chesterfield Erewash North East Derbyshire High Peak ‒ the wards of: Tintwistle Padfield Dinting St John’s Old Glossop Whitfield Simmondley Gamesley Howard Town Hadfield South Hadfield North West Yorkshire Leeds Bradford Kirklees Calderdale Wakefield South Yorkshire Barnsley Rotherham Doncaster Sheffield Cumbria Barrow-in-Furness Durham Durham Northumberland Northumberland Tyne and Wear Newcastle South Tyneside North Tyneside Gateshead Sunderland Tees Valley Middlesbrough Redcar and Cleveland Stockton-on-Tees Darlington Hartlepool West Midlands Birmingham Sandwell Solihull Wolverhampton Walsall Leicestershire Leicester Oadby and Wigston Nottinghamshire Ashfield Bassetlaw Broxtowe Gedling Mansfield Newark & Sherwood Nottingham City Rushcliffe Essex Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon Rochford Tendring Uttlesford London all 32 boroughs plus the City of London Surrey Elmbridge |