CORONAVIRUS infection rates in Reading borough are rising once more.
Yesterday, 2,593 people in the borough tested positive for Covid-19. However this is in part due to a change in the way that data is collected.
From today, one person who has had two Covid-19 infections will count as two cases not one person. As the England-wide data was reconfigured, this resulted in a large increase in the number of cases reported for Monday, January 31.
Infection rates have been climbing since mid-January, with the weekly rate per 100,000 people now sitting at 1,720.1.
In neighbouring Wokingham, 2,021 people in the borough tested positive for the virus yesterday, bringing its infection rate to 1,829.3 — this is the highest in Berkshire.
In Bracknell Forest, there were 1,583 positive cases yesterday, with an infection rate of 1,499.6. In Windsor and Maidenhead, there were 1,755 positive cases yesterday, bringing its infection rate to 1,486.7.
In West Berkshire, there were 1,372, the lowest in the county, with an infection rate of 1,175. And in Slough, there were 2,658 new cases, with a rate of infection of 1,525.6.
It comes as the country moved to “Plan A” and face masks were no longer mandatory inside shops. Home working is also no longer advised by the Government.
