MORE THAN 800 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Berkshire in the past 24 hours, following Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement of a third national lockdown.

A total of 811 positive Covid-19 cases have been reported by Public Health England in Berkshire in the past day.

These lab-confirmed cases are from areas including Reading, Bracknell, Wokingham, West Berkshire, Slough and Windsor and Maidenhead.

These figures, correct as Wednesday, January 6, bring the county's lab-confirmed positive Covid-19 tests total to 33,605, according to Public Health England.

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The local breakdown for the past 24 hours as follows:

Bracknell - 97 cases, 4,393 total

Wokingham - 107 cases, 5,232 total

West Berkshire - 81 cases, 3,827 total

Slough - 233 cases, 8,659 total

Windsor and Maidenhead - 114 cases, 5,421 total

Reading - 179 cases, 6,073 total

The latest seven-day rate per 100,000 people locally are as follows:

Bracknell - 846.2

Wokingham - 578.5

West Berkshire - 405.2

Slough - 1015.1

Windsor and Maidenhead - 717.2

Reading - 603.3

There have now been 2,836,801 cases of Covid-19 across the UK – as of Wednesday, January 6, at 4pm. This was an increase of 62,322 cases in the past 24 hours.

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In the national news today:

Matt Hancock compared the production of the Covid-19 vaccine to making your own bread.

He told the Commons: “The rate-limiting factor is the amount of the actual juice available, the actual vaccine.

“Which is not manufactured like a chemical, it is effectively … it is a biological product.

“It’s a bit like if you bake your own bread, Madam Deputy Speaker, I don’t know if you do, but I sometimes do, and it is a bit like the creation of and growth of yeast.

“It’s probably the best way to think of it, it is a complicated and difficult task and … that is the rate-limiting factor.

“I pay tribute to those who are engaged in the manufacturing process.”