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Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the nation in lockdown on Monday. The new measures were a step above the already tough Tier 4 restrictions imposed on the district. Essex and the Braintree district were some of the worst hit areas, with the district recording a staggering 1,570 cases and an infection rate of 1,028 per 100,000 people in the seven days leading up to December 30. Halstead has also been hit hard with Halstead Central recording 91 new cases, 106 in Halstead East and the Coln...

MORE than 500 cases of coronavirus cases have been recorded in the Braintree district in the past seven days. The infection rate has climbed again in the past 48 hours to 351.9 cases per 100,000 people - up from 268.0 on Monday. Braintree now has the 30th highest infection rate in the country and is higher than the Essex average of 305.3. The district has been placed into Tier 3 of the Governments Covid restrictions, meaning pubs and restaurants can only serve takeaways. The worst hit...

MORE than 500 cases of coronavirus cases have been recorded in the Braintree district in the past seven days. The infection rate has climbed again in the past 48 hours to 351.9 cases per 100,000 people - up from 268.0 on Monday. Braintree now has the 30th highest infection rate in the country and is higher than the Essex average of 305.3. The district has been placed into Tier 3 of the Governments Covid restrictions, meaning pubs and restaurants can only serve takeaways. The worst hit...