Four Berkshire areas see an increase in coronavirus cases overnight

New confirmed cases of coronavirus have been recorded in four areas of Berkshire overnight, data from the Department of Health and Social Care shows today (July 29).

Reading, Slough, West Berkshire and Windsor and Maidenhead have all recorded more positive cases in the new figures which record a double-figure increase in Berkshire overall.

The total number of cases in the county since the start of the pandemic now stands at 3,365.

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.

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)
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Meanwhile, health leaders have “very high” levels of concern about the possibility of a second spike in coronavirus cases, one expert has said.

Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said that the combination of a spike of cases with “exhausted staff” while the NHS tries to rebuild services could prove “challenging”.

He told the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Coronavirus: “I would say in relation to the second spike issue or something coming, the levels of concern among our members – the people who are leading NHS trusts, who are leading in primary care and all levels in the systems – is very high.

“There’s real concern about winter and the compounding factors there, but also about an earlier spike.”