Cookham v Coronavirus
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« on: July 29, 2020, 01:24:09 PM » |
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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 : 802 cases (increase of three) Slough : 660 cases (increase of four) Wokingham : 605 cases (no change) West Berkshire : 492 cases (increase of two) Windsor and Maidenhead: 419 cases (increase of one) Bracknell Forest : 387 cases (no change) UK-wide, the death toll has risen in the last 24 hours to 45,961 after another 83 deaths with coronavirus were recorded hospitals, care homes and the wider community.
A further 763 people UK-wide have tested positive for Covid-19, making a total of 301,455 confirmed cases. The latest Public Health England figures show 387 COVID-19 cases have been noted in the borough as of Tuesday, July 28. However, there were six more recorded cases in Reading over the same two-day period.
There were marginal increases in Wokingham, Windsor and Maidenhead and in Slough.
West Berkshire’s cases remained the same at 490.
Bracknell Forest has the least number of cases in the county, while Reading has the most with 799 as of 28 July. But in terms of rate of infection, the borough stands at 318 cases per 100,000 people.
This is a higher rate than in Windsor and Maidenhead and West Berkshire, but lower than in Reading, Slough and Wokingham.
The health body is now including Pillar 2 tests – those carried out by commercial partners – alongside Pillar 1 tests, which are analysed in NHS or PHE laboratories and which made up the first stage of the Government's mass testing programme.
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