A FURTHER 56 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Berkshire in the past 24 hours.

Public Health England has recorded 56 new lab-confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, in areas including Reading, Bracknell, Wokingham, West Berkshire, Slough and Windsor and Maidenhead.

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These figures, correct as of Wednesday, March 31, at 4.00pm, bring the latest total for the county to 55,860.

The local breakdown for the past 24 hours as follows:

Reading - 6 cases, 10,762 total

Bracknell Forest - 4 cases, 6,998 total

Wokingham - 1 cases, 8,341 total

West Berkshire - 6 cases, 6,285 total

Slough - 24 cases, 15,133 total

Windsor and Maidenhead - 15 cases, 8,341 total

There have now been 4,345,788 people across the UK who have tested positive for Covid-19.

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

Reading - 42

Bracknell Forest - 33.5

Wokingham - 36.8

West Berkshire - 30.9

Slough - 83.6

Windsor and Maidenhead - 66.7

In today's national coronavirus news:

Government data up to March 30 shows that of the 35,014,074 jabs given in the UK so far, 30,905,538 were first doses – a rise of 224,590 on the previous day.

Some 4,108,536 were second doses, an increase of 270,526.