MORE than 200 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Berkshire in the past 24 hours, according to latest figures.
Public Health England has recorded 208 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 6pm on Monday, November 9, bring the county's lab-confirmed positive Covid-19 tests total to 10,095 according to Public Health England.
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The local breakdown for the past 24 hours as follows:
Reading - 30 cases, 1,949 total
West Berkshire - 24 cases, 1,263 total
Bracknell - 17 cases, 1,093 total
Wokingham - 17 cases, 1,567 total
Slough - 82 cases, 2,396 total
Windsor & Maidenhead - 38 cases, 1,827 total
The latest 7-day rate per 100,000 people locally are as follows:
Reading - 161.9 per 100,000 people
West Berkshire - 106 per 100,000 people
Bracknell - 110.2 per 100,000 people
Wokingham - 96.4 per 100,000 people
Slough - 230 per 100,000 people
Windsor & Maidenhead - 161.1 per 100,000 people
There have now been 1,213,363 cases of Covid-19 across the UK – an increase of 21,350 on the previous day.
The total number of deaths - those with Covid-19 listed on the death certificate - across the UK has now reached 60,051. There were 194 deaths reported over the past 24 hours.
Locally, there were two deaths recorded in the past 24 hours (one in Reading and one in Windsor and Maidenhead), taking the total deaths across Berkshire to 797.
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In today's national coronavirus news:
The military and NHS staff are on standby to roll out a Covid-19 vaccine across the UK from the start of December and will work "seven days a week", the Health Secretary has said.
Matt Hancock said there were many hurdles to overcome before the "vast task" of vaccination could begin, including regulatory approval of the new Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and assessment of its safety data.
But he said the NHS was leading work to get a vaccine to those most in need as soon as possible, though most people will not get a jab until 2021.
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