Bracknell currently has the highest coronavirus infection rate in the South outside London.

That’s according to Government figures presented on its interactive Covid-19 map.

The infection rate is calculated as the number of positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people.

Bracknell Forest's infection rate currently stands at 1,901.5 per 100,000 people – higher than everywhere else in Berkshire, and the South East excluding London.

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The figures are accurate for the seven day period ending on New Year’s Day, January 1.

Area - Infection rate week up to January 1

Bracknell Forest - 1,901.5

Windsor & Maidenhead - 1,521.8

Wokingham - 1,430.3

Reading - 1,482.5

West Berkshire - 1,449.5

Slough - 1,371.9

The infection rate in Bracknell is also higher than those in 25 London Boroughs as well.

At a recent meeting of Bracknell Forest Council’s local outbreak engagement board, cllr Marc Brunel-Walker expressed concerns that details of where people can get vaccinations and tests is unclear, with people taking to Facebook to find out where they can get vaccinations and tests.

Cllr Brunel-Walker (Conservative, Crown Wood) said: “On two of the local [Facebook] groups I must have seen 10 or 15 posts in the last couple of hours from people going ‘can I get a walk in still at X Y or Z?’

“There needs to be a better response about explaining where to go for walk-in, and really staple that into people’s heads about where they can get that information and where they can go.

“I think what’s needed is a single source of truth about what to do and where to go.”

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Local outbreak engagement board are held every month as a forum for councillors to raise issues, and they are attended by health professionals and the council’s communication team.

The meeting was held on Tuesday, January 4, prior to the most recent figures being given. You can view the meeting here:

In the seven days leading to the New Year, 2,361 positive coronavirus cases were recorded in Bracknell Forest.

Another 323 people tested positive for Covid-19 according to figures from Thursday, January 6.

A total of 25,166 people have tested positive in the area from the start of the pandemic to Wednesday, January 5, and 209 people have died as a result.

However, there were no new deaths following a positive test according to the latest data covering the week from December 18 to December 24, 2021.