LATEST Berkshire Public Health (BPH) figures reveal the number of cases and infection rates in each ward within Slough.

BPH publishes a weekly Covid-19 briefing and breaks down the data by electoral ward.

The data was published yesterday (January 20) and shows the number of reported cases and their infection rate between January 8 and 14.

BPH has rounded the data for each ward to the nearest five in order to protect the identity of individuals.

The latest data shows what the beginning effect has been of the UK third national lockdown – which legally came into force on January 6 – and the results for Slough has been a mixed bag.

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Some areas such as Baylis and Stoke, Cippenham Meadows, and Langley St Mary’s have seen the positive effects of the lockdown and their number of cases have decreased – but remain at a high case rate.

Baylis and Stoke saw the biggest decrease in the number of cases with 95 recorded, down by 30 from the previous week.

However, Wexham Lea has overtaken both Langley Kedermister and Britwell and Northborough in having the highest infection rate and number of positive cases in the borough, standing at 155 cases with a weekly rate of 1,502 per 100,000 population.

Colnbrook with Poyle and Haymill and Lynch Hill were there only wards that saw no change in their recorded figures.

Confirmed cases in Slough and their weekly rate per 100,000 population:

  • Baylis and Stoke – 95 (down 30 from the previous week). Weekly rate of 958
  • Britwell and Northborough – 120 (down five). Weekly rate of 1,114
  • Central – 160 (up 30). Weekly rate of 1,492
  • Chalvey – 130 (down five). Weekly rate of 1,007
  • Cippenham Green – 80 (down 10). Weekly rate of 797
  • Cippenham Meadows – 85 (down 20). Weekly rate of 707
  • Colnbrook with Poyle – 75 (no change). Weekly rate of 1,144
  • Elliman – 115 (down five). Weekly rate of 1,111
  • Farnham – 130 (down 15). Weekly rate of 1,185
  • Foxborough – 45 (up 15). Weekly rate of 1,165
  • Haymill and Lynch Hill – 80 (no change). Weekly rate of 820
  • Langley Kedermister – 115 (up 20). Weekly rate of 1,102
  • Langley St Mary’s – 90 (down 15). Weekly rate of 813
  • Upton – 95 (down 30). Weekly rate of 1,009
  • Wexham Lea – 155 (up 25). Weekly rate of 1,502

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According to the BPH weekly briefing, Slough has had 1,562 new cases of Covid-19 over the last seven days (January 8 – 14) and these make up 14 per cent of all the borough’s cases across the whole pandemic.

This brings the total of confirmed cases in Slough to 11,777.

The current weekly rate is 1,029.8 per 100,000, and the rate for people aged 60 and over is 1,024 per 100,000, a two per cent decrease in the last week.

Sadly, 13 deaths were recorded in the week between January 2 – 8, taking the Covid-19 death toll to 183 in Slough.