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Reading is suffering from a rapid spike in cases – with numbers doubling in five areas.

Pic: Reading Buses READING BUSES have announced their latest plan to provide free open-top bus tours of town, including Reading's Banksy mural at Reading Gaol. The tours, first announced earlier today, is designed to help celebrate the town's ongoing reopening this half term. Robert Williams, Chief Executive Officer of Reading Buses, said today: “We wanted to find a way to help encourage visitors back to Reading’s excellent town centre, and provide a new reason to visit. “Having been forced to cancel our annual family open day this year due to Covid-19, we wanted to organise a c...

A total of 24 neighbourhoods in the Berkshire have seen cases up, compared to the week before. Most recent Public Health England data shows the picture in the seven days to April 15, compared to the seven days to April 8. It comes as promising data shows that overall, five out of six council areas in our region have continued to see a fall in the number of new infections. All council areas apart from West Berkshire saw a rise in the number of new Covid cases over the same time period. Analysis of this data has found that the majority of areas which have seen a rise in cases have onl...

The 32 areas of Berkshire where there are coronavirus cases THERE are 32 areas of Berkshire which are reporting coronavirus cases - but cases continue to fall across the county. An interactive map, which uses Public Health England data, shows how many people have tested positive for the virus in each area of the county over the seven-day period up to Sunday, March 28. Public Health England breaks down the numbers of coronavirus cases into neighbourhoods called 'Middle Super Output Areas' (MSOAs), which are smaller than council wards and based on population rather than geographical ar...

Reading areas with best and worst Covid-19 infection rates THESE are the areas of Reading with the best and worst Covid-19 infection rates in the past seven days. The infection rate reflects how many people in an area are currently infected with the virus, and is a signifier of how much it is spreading locally. Some areas of the borough are doing a great job of controlling infection to rid themselves of Covid-19, while others are still struggling to bring infections down despite clear rules on social distancing being in place for more than a year. Overall, the area has seemingly plate...