MORE than 20 people in Berkshire have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, new figures show.

Public Health England has recorded 22 new lab-confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, in areas including Reading, Bracknell, Wokingham, West Berkshire, Slough and Windsor and Maidenhead.

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These figures, correct as of Sunday, April 25 at 4pm bring the latest total for the county to 56,461 cases.

The local breakdown for the past 24 hours as follows:

  • Bracknell - 2 cases, 7,071 total
  • Windsor and Maidenhead - 3 cases, 8,473
  • Slough - 10 cases, 15,470 total
  • Reading - 1 case, 10,899 total
  • West Berkshire - 2 cases, 6,352 total
  • Wokingham - 4 cases, 8,218

There have now been 4,404,882 people across the UK who have tested positive for Covid-19 - a daily increase of 1,712.

The latest seven-day rate per 100,000 people locally are as follows:

  • Bracknell - 18
  • Wokingham - 21.6
  • Winsdor and Maidenhead - 23.1
  • Slough - 59.5
  • Reading - 29.7
  • West Berkshire - 13.9

The Government said a further 11 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Sunday, bringing the UK total to 127,428.

Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have been 151,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.

Vaccinations

Bracknell News:

Government data up to April 24 shows that of the 46,253,754 jabs given in the UK so far, 33,666,638 were first doses – a rise of 142,215 on the previous day.

Some 12,587,116 were second doses, an increase of 498,430.

South East: 4,610,056 first and 1,683,345 second doses (6,293,401)

In today's national covid news 

Bracknell News:

A Government adviser has said calls from scientists and academics to end coronavirus restrictions are “wrong” and “remarkably insular”.

In an open letter, the scientists said “a good society cannot be created by obsessive focus on a single cause of ill-health” and that Covid-19 “no longer requires exceptional measures of control in everyday life”.

The letter states: “It is more than time for citizens to take back control of their own lives.”