Then, the borough had an infection rate of 87.3 per 100,000 people over the past seven days.
In fact, just two days before the borough did exit the national shutdown, its rate decreased to just 69.4 — the 19th-lowest in England.
On the first day of the month, 1,458 covid-19 cases had been recorded across Bracknell Forest since the start of the pandemic.
On Friday, December 4, students and teachers at Garth Hill College were told to self-isolate after a number of people tested positive for covid-19 at the school.
By Sunday, December 6, Bracknell Forest’s transmission rate had risen to 103.6 positive cases per 100,000 people over the past seven days.