How does the Government review Tiers? As set out in the Government s Covid-19 Winter Plan, there are five indicators which guide our decisions for any given area, alongside consideration of human geographies like travel patterns. These are:
case detection rates in the over 60s
the rate at which cases are rising or falling
positivity rate (the number of positive cases detected as a percentage of tests taken)
pressure on the NHS
Why did the Government move Herefordshire to Tier 1? Justifying the decision to move the county from Tier 2 to Tier 1 from December 19, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said the overall picture had improved since the end of England s second lockdown on December 2.
Published:
10:00 AM December 30, 2020
The country s R number sits between 1.1 and 1.3, meaning the number of coronavirus cases will grow.
- Credit: PA Wire
At the time of publishing, St Albans had 781 coronavirus confirmed cases between December 19 and December 25, up 230 compared with the previous week.
There are 526 cases per 100,000 people across the district, totalling 3,943 cases as of December 29, compared to 360 cases per 100,000 totalling 3,041 cases last week (as of December 22).
St Albans remains significantly above England’s average, which currently stands at 248 cases per 100,000 people.
This comes ahead of the reassessment of Hertfordshire s Tier 4 status, which is due today (December 30).
Frontline healthcare workers have began receiving the Covid vaccine. Credit: PA Data from London Assembly has revealed higher rates of Covid-19 deaths in more ethnically diverse areas, with higher levels of deprivation and poorer ratings of GP satisfaction. The Assembly’s Health Committee began its analysis during the first wave of the pandemic and has found that boroughs of London with higher numbers of Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) residents had poorer ratings of GP satisfaction and higher rates of Covid-19 deaths than less diverse boroughs. Newham, Haringey, Tower Hamlets, Brent and Barking & Dagenham were found to have the worst combination of GP satisfaction among BAME residents, the highest levels of deprivation and the highest rates of Covid-19 deaths.
Coronavirus cases have surged in St Albans over the last week
- Credit: Getty Images
At the time of publishing, St Albans had 534 coronavirus confirmed cases between December 12 and December 18, up from 194 the week before.
There are 360 cases per 100,000 people across the district, totalling 3,041 cases as of December 22, compared to 131 cases per 100,000 totalling 2,388 cases last week (as of December 14).
St Albans’ statistics have now surged above England’s average, which currently stands at 223 cases per 100,000 people.
This follows Saturday s announcement by the Prime Minister that the entirety of Hertfordshire, as well as Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes and all boroughs of London, would enter Tier 4 with an accompanied Stay at Home order for residents living in these areas.
London Lockdown News | Live Feed & Top Stories newsnow.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsnow.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.