Berkshire coronavirus cases up by more than 160 overnight

[Cookham v Coronavirus]

There have been 161 further cases of Covid-19 recorded across the county today (Wednesday), down from yesterday's figure of 210.

The highest number was found in Reading, where there were 50 new cases.

Meanwhile, there were another 32 cases in Slough and 29 in Windsor and Maidenhead.

It brings the total number of cases in Berkshire to 61,205 since the start of the pandemic.

The high number of new cases in Reading meant it continued to have the highest infection rate in the county, at 165 cases per 100,000 people.

Wokingham had the second-highest rate at 109.9 cases per 100,000 while Bracknell Forest came in third at 102.

Across the UK, the average seven-day rolling infection rate now stands at 157 cases per 100,000.

Here are the latest rolling seven-day coronavirus infection rates per 100,000 people in Berkshire for the week ending June 23:

Reading: 165 (up from 156.4 )
Windsor and Maidenhead: 101.7 (up from 99.7)
Slough: 80.9 (down from 89.6)
Bracknell Forest: 105.3 (up from 102)
Wokingham: 109.9 (up from 104)
West Berkshire: 72.6 (up from 67.5)

This is the latest breakdown of confirmed cases for each area of Berkshire since the start of the pandemic, plus the change in the last 24 hours (in brackets):

Reading: 12,181 cases (+50)
Windsor and Maidenhead: 8,997 cases (+29)
Slough: 16,324 cases (+32)
Bracknell Forest: 7,687 cases (+21)
Wokingham: 9,107 (+21)
West Berkshire : 6,909 cases (+8)

[Roger]

I was looking at the Covid infection rate oer 100,000 people. In May Maidenhead and Windsor was 9.9. It is now 101.7. That is over one thousand per cent increase.

[tudorrose]

There needs to be a shift away from looking at numbers of infections now as these are just scaring people. The thing to watch is hospitalisations and deaths, both of which are a fraction of what they were in the second wave. The government is, as I understand it talking about scrapping this daily reporting as it is confusing and often inaccurate.