SLOUGH saw a small rise in cases as some wards record a slight uptick in Covid-19 cases, according to Berkshire Public Health (BPH) data.
BPH publishes a weekly Covid-19 briefing and breaks down the data by electoral ward.
The data was published on March 17 and shows the number of reported cases and their infection rate between March 5 and 11.
BPH has rounded the data for each ward to the nearest five in order to protect the identity of individuals.
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While Slough’s weekly covid infection rate has gone up recently, most wards saw no change in their figures.
However, areas such as Cippenham Green, Cippenham Meadows, Langley St Mary’s, and Upton did record a small uptick in coronavirus cases.
Colnbrook with Poyle and Central were the only wards to see a decrease in cases last week, according to BPH.
Confirmed cases in Slough and their weekly rate per 100,000 population:
- Baylis and Stoke – 10 (no change from previous week). Weekly rate of 101
- Britwell and Northborough – 10 (no change). Weekly rate of 93
- Central – 5 (down 10). Weekly rate of 47
- Chalvey – 5 (no change). Weekly rate of 39
- Cippenham Green – 15 (up 10). Weekly rate of 149
- Cippenham Meadows – 15 (up 10). Weekly rate of 125
- Colnbrook with Poyle – 5 (down 5). Weekly rate of 76
- Elliman – 10 (no change). Weekly rate of 97
- Farnham – 15 (up 5). Weekly rate of 137
- Foxborough – 5 (no change). Weekly rate of 129
- Haymill and Lynch Hill – 10 (no change). Weekly rate of 103
- Langley Kedermister – 10 (up 5). Weekly rate of 96
- Langley St Mary’s – 10 (up 10). Weekly rate of 90
- Upton – 20 (up 10). Weekly rate of 212
- Wexham Lea – 10 (no change). Weekly rate of 97
According to the BPH weekly briefing, Slough has had 147 new cases of Covid-19 over the last seven days (March 5 - 11) and these make up one per cent of all the borough’s cases across the whole pandemic.
This brings the total of confirmed cases in Slough to 14,894.
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The current weekly rate is 101 per 100,000, and the rate for people aged 60 and over is 60.5 per 100,000, a 30 per cent increase in the last week.
Sadly, two deaths were recorded in the week February 27 to March 5, taking the Covid-19 death toll to 324 in the borough.
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