BOXED-IN DAY Millions of Brits wake up to harsher Tier 4 Covid restrictions TODAY in bid to stop mutant strain spreading Updated: 26 Dec 2020, 17:01 Invalid Date, MILLIONS more people are waking up to harsher coronavirus restrictions as new tier changes come into force in England today. Those in the strict Tier 4 in England will increase by six million to 24 million people - 43 per cent of the population - in a bid to stop the spread of the mutant Covid. 12 12 Matt Hancock plunged a whole swathe of areas into Tier 4 - and moved more places up to Tier 3 tooCredit: AP:Associated Press 12 Two Londoners celebrated Christmas lunch outside on Clapham Common yesterday as Brits across the country had a very different festive experienceCredit: Rex Features