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2020-12-30 17:05:39 GMT2020-12-31 01:05:39(Beijing Time) Xinhua English LONDON, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The British government announced on Wednesday more areas, including Leicester City in England, will enter Tier Four, the highest level of COVID-19 restrictions in the country, meaning an additional 20 million people in the region will be living under the toughest measures. From Thursday, places such as Leicester City and Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Derby and Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, Birmingham and Black Country, Coventry, will be put into Tier Four....

Updated Wednesday, 30th December 2020, 3:40 pm Dacorum and Hertfordshire will remain in the highest tier while most areas of England will join the same level of restrictions, it has been revealed. Health Secretary Matt Hancock made the announcement this afternoon (Wednesday) in the House of Commons. Yesterday (Tuesday) saw 53,135 new coronavirus cases confirmed in the UK, with many attributed to a new strain of the virus - 414 deaths were also recorded. Coronavirus stock image Describing "the difficult decisions" that had to be made, Mr Hancock said all remaining parts of the South East, Mid...

Just five days on, the Island has moved up again - meaning strict new limits on outdoor gatherings, weddings and non-essential retail. The rolling average - a measure of cases per 100,000 people over seven days - also rose to December 24. The numbers lag behind current data, however. Earlier, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was given the green light, and it will roll out in January. What does Tier Four mean? Under the new rules, non-essential retail (including hairdressers and barbers) will have to close, although some can continue to offer click and collect services. Bars, restaur...

LONDON, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Britain has recorded almost 1,000 coronavirus deaths overnight, the highest daily death toll since April, according to the latest official figures released on Wednesday. The daily number of deaths of people who had had a positive test result for COVID-19 and died within 28 days of the first positive test reached 981, bringing the total to 72,548, according to the official figures. This is the highest daily death toll reported in the country since April 24, when 1,010 coronavirus-related deaths were reported, there is likely to be a lag in reporting deaths ...

Submitting... Official figures last night revealed a record 588 new positive Covid-19 tests in Northamptonshire during the latest 24-hour period up to 4pm on December 28 with more than 2,500 during the previous week. Northampton, South Northants, Daventry — which will form the new West Northants unitary authority from April 2021 — have all seen big rises in the weekly rate of positive tests per 100,000 people in the last month. Yet rates in what will become the new North Northants area in Kettering, Corby and East Northants remain more manageable. Wellingborough also saw big rises before ...