MORE THAN 20 people in Berkshire tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the latest 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.

These figures, correct as of Monday, April 26 at 4pm bring the latest total for the county to 56,483 cases.

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The local breakdown for the past 24 hours as follows:

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

There have now been 4,406,946 people across the UK who have tested positive for Covid-19 - a daily increase of 1,712.

The government said a further 11 people have died having tested positive for Covid-19. The total number of deaths in England is 127,434.

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

  • Bracknell Forest - 13.9
  • Reading - 27.2
  • Wokingham - 19.9
  • West Berkshire - 12.6
  • Windsor and Maidenhead - 27.1
  • Slough - 56.8

In today's national Covid news 

Bracknell News:

Boris Johnson has urged the public to be “realistic” about the prospect of the UK being hit with another wave of coronavirus infections in the future.

The Prime Minister told broadcasters that while lockdowns meant the virus was now “under control”, he warned that “there probably will be another wave of the disease”.

But Mr Johnson said that coronavirus jabs would provide “pretty robust fortifications” should there be another spike in infections going forward, as he hailed the UK’s vaccination programme.

He urged the public to take up the vaccine when offered it, with a Government campaign calling on people aged 50 and under to get their jab so the UK can “continue on the path back to normality”.

It comes as the Prime Minister denied saying he was prepared to let “bodies pile high” rather than order another lockdown, amid a bitter briefing war that has hit Downing Street.

The Covid-19 vaccine rollout has been extended to healthy adults aged 44 and over.