Further increase in coronavirus cases across all areas of Berkshire

Eight more positive coronavirus tests have been recorded in Berkshire in the last 24 hours, according to the latest figures from Public Health England today (August 27).

Windsor and Maidenhead saw three new cases, while cases increased by one across the rest of Berkshire.

There was just one case recorded in Slough, which was named as an 'area of concern' by Public Health England last week after an increase in cases and infection rate.

UK-wide, another 12 people have died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 41,477.

A total of 330,368 people are confirmed to have had the virus since the start of the pandemic, an increase of 1,522 since yesterday.

In Berkshire, the number of positive tests now stands at 3,630.

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This is how the figures break down in terms of cases for each area of Berkshire:

Reading : 845 cases (increase of one)
Slough : 750 cases ( increase of one)
Wokingham : 630 cases (increase of one)
West Berkshire : 520 cases (increase of one)
Windsor and Maidenhead: 487 cases (increase of three)
Bracknell Forest : 406 cases (increase of one)
The total number of deaths at Berkshire NHS trusts is 574, as detailed below:

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust: 365
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust: 189
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: 20

Covid-19 is a “tornado with a long tail” and increased case counts among young people could ultimately see the virus passed on to more vulnerable older people and cause an uptick in deaths, the World Health Organisation’s chief for Europe has warned.

Dr Hans Kluge said younger people are likely to come into closer contact with the elderly as the weather cools in Europe.

Speaking at WHO’s Europe headquarters in Copenhagen, he said: “We don’t want to do unnecessary predictions, but this is definitely one of the options: That at one point there would be more hospitalisations and an uptick in mortality.”