All Berkshire areas have seen an increase in coronavirus cases in the last 24 ho

There have been 11 further cases of coronavirus recorded in Berkshire in the past 24 hours, according to figures released by Public Health England today (August 18).

Across the UK, the death toll stands at 41,381 and 320,286 people have now tested positive for Covid-19.

This represents an increase of 12 and 1,089 respectively over the same time period.

In Berkshire, the number of positive tests now stands at 3,523.

Three areas of the county recorded a rise of one, two others - Bracknell Forest and West Berkshire - had two new cases each and Windsor and Maidenhead added four new cases to its total.

This is how they break down of cases for each area of Berkshire:

Reading : 824 cases (increase of one)
Slough : 730 cases (increase of one)
Wokingham : 617 cases (increase of one)
West Berkshire : 509 cases (increase of two)
Windsor and Maidenhead: 444 cases (increase of four)
Bracknell Forest : 399 cases (increase of two)
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The total number of deaths at Berkshire NHS trusts is 573, as detailed below:

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust: 365
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust: 188
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: 20

The Health Secretary said his biggest fear was another health crisis emerging while the world was still dealing with Covid-19.

Speaking at the Policy Exchange think tank, Matt Hancock said: “My single biggest fear is a novel flu, or another major health alert, hitting us right now in the middle of this battle against coronavirus.

Even once this crisis has passed – and it will pass – we need a disease control infrastructure that gives us the permanent, standing capacity to respond as a nation and the ability to scale up at pace.”

That meant an institution focused on preparing for external threats like pandemics, he said.

Mr Hancock added that the system would learn from South Korea and Germany’s Robert Koch Institute “where their health protection agencies have a huge, primary, focus on pandemic response”.