Berkshire Public Health (BPH) publishes a weekly Covid-19 briefing and breaks down the data by electoral ward. The data was published on May 12 and shows the number of reported cases and their infection rate between April 9 and May 6. BPH has rounded the data for each ward to the nearest five in order to protect the identity of individuals. In BPH’s report, Langley St Mary’s had the highest infection rate in Slough, standing at 316 per 100,000 population, followed by Cippenham Meadows and Wexham Lea at 291 respectively. Langley Kedermister, which once had one of the highest weekly infection rates in England, has the lowest in the borough at 96.
Shocking home care death figures revealed during pandemic The number of people receiving home care who died over the last year increased in Reading, prompting calls for their deaths to be investigated as part of a national inquiry into the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Data obtained from the Care Quality Commission by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and passed to The Chronicle shows that deaths of people getting social care support at home increased 225.9 per cent between 2019 and 2020 Campaigners have said that while deaths in care homes had been at the forefront of people s minds, high death rates for those cared for in the community have been shocking - especially with disabled people.
BPH publishes a weekly Covid-19 briefing and breaks down the data by electoral ward. The data was published on April 14 and shows the number of reported cases and their infection rate between April 2 and 8. BPH has rounded the data for each ward to the nearest five in order to protect the identity of individuals. Foxborough ward was the only area in the borough to be Covid-free for the second time running. Last week, Upton recorded no cases, but is the only area to see a small uptick in infections according to BPH. Most areas either saw no change in their figures or have seen a decrease in coronavirus cases.
BPH publishes a weekly Covid-19 briefing and breaks down the data by electoral ward. The data was published on March 31 and shows the number of reported cases and their infection rate between March 20 and 26. BPH has rounded the data for each ward to the nearest five in order to protect the identity of individuals. Foxborough and Upton were the wards that declared themselves covid-free last week, according to BPH. Covid-19 data have not changed in most Slough wards compared with the last week, but areas such as Colnbrook with Poyle, Elliman, and Farnham have seen their infection rate spike. Britwell and Northborough, Central, Chalvey, and Langley St Mary’s were the only areas to see a decrease in cases.
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