New coronavirus cases reported in two Berkshire areas in the last 24 hours

New confirmed cases of coronavirus have been recorded in two areas of Berkshire overnight, data from the Department of Health and Social Care shows today (July 28).

Reading and Windsor and Maidenhead have both recorded one more positive case each in the new figures.

The total number of cases in the county since the start of the pandemic now stands at 3,355.

There have been no new deaths reported and the total still stands at 571 across Berkshire NHS trusts.

This is the latest breakdown per area:

Reading : 799 cases (increase of one)
Slough : 656 cases (no change)
Wokingham : 605 cases (no change)
West Berkshire : 490 cases (no change)
Windsor and Maidenhead: 418 cases (increase of one)
Bracknell Forest : 387 cases (no change)
UK-wide, the death toll has risen in the last 24 hours to 45,878 after another 119 deaths with coronavirus were recorded hospitals, care homes and the wider community.

A further 581 people UK-wide have tested positive for Covid-19, making a total of 300,692 confirmed cases.

For a breakdown of coronavirus deaths recorded by Berkshire NHS trusts since the start of the pandemic, please see below:

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust: 364 (no change)
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust: 187 (no change)
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: 20 (no change)

Boris Johnson said there were signs of a second wave of coronavirus in Europe as he defended the Government’s decision to impose quarantine restrictions on Spain.

“What we have to do is take swift and decisive action where we think that the risks are starting to bubble up again,” he said.

“Let’s be absolutely clear about what’s happening in Europe, amongst some of our European friends, I’m afraid you are starting to see in some places the signs of a second wave of the pandemic.”