Coronavirus in Berkshire RBWM increase to 88

The number of cases of coronavirus in Berkshire has risen to almost 500 according to the latest figures from Public Health England released today (April 4).

There are now 498 confirmed patients across the county, a rise of 64 in 25 hours.

Despite recording no new cases yesterday (April 3), positive tests in Slough increased by 12 to 129 - making it the worst-affected part of Berkshire.

In West Berkshire, there are now 74 cases, and 79 cases in Reading, Berkshire.

There are now 45 cases in Bracknell Forest, 88 in Windsor and Maidenhead from 76 and 83 in Wokingham, which had an increase of 14 cases.

Across the UK, there are now more than 41,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 4,313 people have died after testing positive.

A total of 183,190 Covid-19 tests have now been carried out.