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Title: Covid-19: Latest figures from across Berkshire Post by: Cookham v Coronavirus on November 16, 2020, 08:18:02 PM MORE than 200 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours in Berkshire.
The figure for the county's cases in the past day is at 239 cases, a total that is down from 331 reported cases on Friday. Reports from Public Health England show 239 lab-confirmed cases were recorded on Sunday, November 15 in areas including Reading, West Berkshire, Bracknell Forest, Wokingham, Slough and Windsor and Maidenhead. These figures bring the county's lab-confirmed positive Covid-19 tests total to 11,614, an increase of 816 cases in the county since the start of the weekend. The local breakdown for the past 24 hours as follows: Reading - 31 cases, 2,169 total West Berkshire - 40 cases. 1,469 total Bracknell Forest - 30 cases, 1,235 total Wokingham - 33 cases, 1,790 total Slough - 76 cases, 2,868 total Windsor and Maidenhead - 29 cases, 2,083 total We are about half way through lockdown 2.0 now as figures are continuing to rise. The local seven-day rate of infection is as per below: Reading - 123.1 West Berkshire - 144.6 Bracknell Forest - 124 Wokingham - 146.7 Slough - 294.9 Windsor and Maidenhead - 165.8 There have now been 1,369,318 people across the UK who have tested positive for Covid-19 - as of Sunday, November 15 at 4.09pm. The total number of deaths - those with Covid-19 listed on their death certificate - across the UK has now reached 61,648. In today's national coronavirus news: A "tremendously exciting" US coronavirus vaccine that may offer very high levels of protection against Covid-19 could arrive in the UK as early as next spring, the Government has said. British scientists have hailed the news that US firm Moderna's jab may be 94.5% effective against the illness. Interim data suggests the jab is highly effective in preventing people getting ill and may work across all age groups, including the elderly. |