Does 70% of England REALLY need to be in Tier Three? How 86 areas under harshest restrictions are recording fewer Covid cases than national average — and five parts of the country with the quickest-growing outbreaks escaped toughest curbs Total of 38 million people will be faced with Tier 3 come Saturday after swathes of South East hit with curbs Tory MPs said it was 'totally unacceptable' that low infection towns dragged into Tier 3 due to hotspot areas A lockdown split did emerge today in Surrey, but it has led to more confusion about criteria being used