FOUR people have now tested positive for coronavirus in Bracknell, according to health bosses.

Public Health England has confirmed there is now double the patients who have tested positive for Covid-19 since yesterday.

The latest figures from the health body, which have been updated this evening, had previously listed just two case but this has now risen to four.

These are the figures as of 9am today (March 12).

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Across Berkshire the latest Public Health England figures, as of 9am this morning (March 12) are as follows:

  • Bracknell: 4
  • Wokingham: 3
  • Reading: 2
  • Maidenhead: 1
  • Slough: 1
  • West Berkshire: 0

Nationally, the total number of cases are at 590 and eight deaths - although NHS England has today confirmed two more on top of this.

Following a COBRA meeting today, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the real picture is more likely to be more than 5,000 and 10,000 people infected in UK.

He also said: "many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time'.

Read more about the government advice here

The virus, which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), is now in the 'delay' phase in the UK.