Berkshire coronavirus figures

MORE than 70 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Berkshire in the past 24 hours.

Public Health England has recorded 76 new lab-confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, in areas including Reading, Bracknell, Wokingham, West Berkshire, Slough and Windsor and Maidenhead.

These figures are correct as of Sunday, June 6, 2021, at 4pm. It brings the total number of cases in Berkshire to 58,311.

The local breakdown for the past 24 hours as follows:

Reading - 21 cases, 11,341 total
Bracknell Forest - 10 cases, 7,295 total
Wokingham - 23 cases, 8,575 total
West Berkshire - 2 cases, 6,600 total
Slough - 14 cases, 15,883 total
Windsor and Maidenhead - 6 cases, 8,617 total

There have now been 4,516,892 people across the UK who have tested positive for the virus - a daily increase of 5,341.

The latest seven-day rate per 100,000 people locally are as follows:

Reading - 94.6
Bracknell Forest - 84.9
Wokingham - 74.8
West Berkshire - 21.5
Slough - 72.9
Windsor and Maidenhead - 14.5

In today's national Covid news:

Returning school pupils are being asked to play their part in keeping coronavirus rates under control as ministers consider whether to delay lifting all restrictions amid rising cases.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who signalled he was in favour of vaccinating 12-15-year-olds to prevent school outbreaks, told pupils returning to classrooms this week after the half-term break that the “most important thing” they could do was get tested to ensure they are not asymptomatically carrying the virus.

It comes as the UK Government faces a “difficult” choice this week on whether to relax all Covid measures on June 21 in England, with a decision due in the next seven days.

Mr Hancock said ministers are “absolutely open” to delaying unlocking if the Indian variant starts to fuel hospital admissions.