A map showing how many confirmed cases of Covid-19 each area of West Berkshire has recorded Thatcham Town is the area of West Berkshire that recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases last week. The latest figures show 50 people tested positive for the virus in West Berkshire between February 25 and March 4 – 52 fewer than in the previous week. Public Health England has broken down the data to show the number of confirmed cases recorded in local neighbourhoods, which are known as Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs). In Thatcham Town, nine people tested positive for Covid-19 in that week. There were seven confirmed cases in Thatcham North East, six in Lambourn and Great Shefford and four in Mortimer and Aldermaston.
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Streatley and Pangbourne – 3 Newbury Wash Common, Thatcham West, Chieveley, East Ilsley and Compton Lambourn and Great Shefford, Kintbury and Boxford and Purley on Thames each recorded fewer than three cases. Public Health England states: “For smaller areas with fewer than three cases, we do not show data. This is to protect individuals’ identities.” West Berkshire’s seven-day infection rate peaked at 422.2 cases per 100,000 people on January 4. But it has been falling steadily since then and now stands at 71.3 cases per 100,000 people. More than 6,000 people have tested positive for the virus in West Berkshire so far and 224 have died.
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