Berkshire Covid latest as infection rate increases in four areas

Four Berkshire areas have experienced an increase in their Covid-19 infection rate, according to new data.

The latest Public Health England statistics show that West Berkshire has recorded a rise in its case rate for a fourth day, along with Reading, while Wokingham's rate has increased too along with Windsor and Maidenhead's.

Saturday's (May 22) figures also show 39 new cases were recorded across the county in the last 24 hours - with the most new cases, 17, in Wokingham.

The Government said a further six people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Saturday, bringing the UK total to 127,716.

The Government also said that, as of 9am on Saturday, there had been a further 2,694 lab-confirmed cases in the UK.

It brings the total to 4,460,446.

This is the latest rolling seven-day coronavirus infection rates per 100,000 people for the week ending May 17:

Bracknell Forest: 6.5 (down from 9)
Reading: 30.3 (up from 26.6)
Slough: 22.7 (down from 25.4)
West Berkshire: 34.1 (up from 33.4)
Windsor and Maidenhead: 10.6 (up from 9.9)
Wokingham: 15.2 (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: 7,119 cases (+1)
Reading: 11,049 cases (+5)
Slough: 15,668 cases (+7)
West Berkshire: 6,516 cases (+5)
Windsor and Maidenhead: 8,569 cases (+4)
Wokingham: 8,338 (+17)

This is the latest data on the total number of deaths at NHS trusts in and around Berkshire as of Friday, May 21 (this data is not published at the weekend):

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 21 shows that of the 59,798,421 jabs given in the UK so far, 37,726,924 were first doses, a rise of 208,310 on the previous day.

Some 22,071,497 were second doses, an increase of 411,714.