How case numbers have changed in Reading since the beginning of January For those aged 60 and over, all of which have been offered a first vaccine dose, there have been just 10 cases in the month from March 20 to April 21. Speaking at Reading Borough Council’s (RBC) Covid-19 Outbreak Engagement Board on April 23, Public Health Consultant David Munday said the low rates in those over 60 “is really good news”. He added: “We know that the more severe disease is more commonly seen in older people and this is probably an indication that the vaccine programme is having an effect in what is a well-vaccinated age group.”
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Readingâs Covid case rate has halved to less than 400 since pandemic peak three weeks ago
Covid cases are rising sharply in Reading Reading’s Covid case rate has dropped to below 400 having reached a peak of more than 800 just three weeks ago. The Covid-19 case rate reached its highest peak during the pandemic in Reading on January 8, with a rate of 810.4. It has now gone down to 390.7, as of the latest data from January 29. The case rate or rate of infection is the number of people who tested positive for Covid-19 per 100,000 over the last seven days and includes a five-day delay.
This compares to 234 cases the week before (November 25 – December 1). Reading’s case rate is now above both the average across the South East and in England, placing 56th across the UK. A week-and-a-half-ago, Reading Borough Council’s (RBC) Public Health Consultant David Munday said Reading was seeing the first signs of a decrease in infection rates. At that time there was a rate of 130 cases per 100,000 people. But there has now been an increase in all age groups in Reading. Elsewhere in Berkshire, Bracknell’s case rate is now even higher than Reading’s, with a rate of 199.9 per 100,000 people from December 2-8.