The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Bracknell Forest increased by 46 since last week, official figures show.

Public Health England figures show that 809 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 4pm on Sunday, October 25, in Bracknell Forest, up from 753 the same time on Thursday.

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The health body is now including Pillar 2 tests – those carried out by commercial partners – alongside Pillar 1 tests, which are analysed in NHS or PHE laboratories and which made up the first stage of the Government's mass testing programme.

The rate of infection in Bracknell Forest now stands at 660 cases per 100,000 people across the whole pandemic. 

The UK infection rate per 100,000 people over the whole pandemic is 1,315.2.

Over the last seven days, Bracknell Forest recorded an infection rate of 89.8 per 100,000 people. 

Across the UK, the infection rate per 100,000 people is 201.1. 

Across the South East, the rate per 100,000 people is 84.5.

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Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 20,531 over the period, to 830,998.

​Bracknell Forest's cases were among the 63,340 recorded across the South East, a figure which rose by 1,248 over the period.

Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.