Almost 40,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Berkshire since the start of the pandemic.

As of 4pm on Sunday, January 10, Public Health England has recorded 37,425 lab-confirmed cases in areas including Reading, Bracknell, Wokingham, West Berkshire, Slough and Windsor and Maidenhead.

The total number of positive Covid-19 cases across Berkshire in the last 24 hours is 895.

The local breakdown for the past 24 hours as follows:

Bracknell - 107 cases, 4,956

Wokingham - 135, 5,802

Reading - 197, 6,896

West Berkshire - 65, 4,145

Slough - 261, 9,668

Windsor and Maidenhead - 130, 5,958

There have now been 3,072,349 people across the UK who have tested positive for Covid-19.

The total number of deaths - those with Covid-19 listed on their death certificate - across the UK has now reached 82,624.

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

Bracknell - 752.4

Reading - 722

West Berkshire - 374.9

Wokingham- 577.4

Windsor and Maidenhead - 671

Slough- 1,137.5

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