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Title: Berkshire Covid latest as 31 new cases are reported Post by: Cookham v Coronavirus on May 11, 2021, 04:39:00 PM Thirty-one new cases of coronavirus have been recorded across Berkshire - but infection rates have fallen in five areas according to the latest weekly figures.
The latest data from Public Health England on Monday (May 10) shows Reading and Slough had the biggest increases, with seven new cases each. The total of new cases is up from yesterday's update, when there were 15. Meanwhile, weekly Covid-19 infection rates fell in Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough and Reading in the seven days up to May 5 - the most recent weekly data available. The sole increase was in Wokingham - and even this was only from 11.1 to 11.7 cases per 100,000 people. No new Covid-19 related hospital deaths have been recorded in NHS trusts serving Berkshire. The Government said a further four people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Monday, bringing the UK total to 127,609. Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have been 152,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. The Government also said that, as of 9am on Monday, there had been a further 2,357 lab-confirmed cases in UK. This is the latest rolling seven-day coronavirus infection rates per 100,000 people for the week ending May 5: Bracknell Forest: 13.9 (down from 16.1) Reading: 24.1 (down from 25.3) Slough: 35.4 (down from 38.8) West Berkshire: 29.7 (down from 30.9) Windsor and Maidenhead: 24.4 (down from 25.1) Wokingham: 11.7 (up from 11.1) This is the latest breakdown of confirmed cases for each area of Berkshire since the start of the pandemic, plus change in the last 24 hours (in brackets): Bracknell Forest: 7,118 cases (five new cases) Reading: 10,986 cases (seven new case) Slough: 15,601 cases (seven new cases) West Berkshire: 6,438 cases (two new cases) Windsor and Maidenhead: 8,546 cases (four new cases) Wokingham: 8,280 (six new cases) This is the latest data on the total number of deaths at NHS trusts in and around Berkshire: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust: 1,248 (no change) Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust: 501 (no change) Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: 32 (no change) How many people have had a Covid vaccine? Government data up to May 9 shows that of the 53,328,845 jabs given in the UK so far, 35,472,295 were first doses – a rise of 100,626 on the previous day. Some 17,856,550 were second doses, an increase of 187,171. |