Carlisle and surrounding areas to move into Tier 2 of coronavirus restrictions from tomorrow

CARLISLE and its surrounding areas will move into Tier 2 of coronavirus restrictions from Saturday, Cumbria County Council has said.

The region has experienced a surge in coronavirus cases – meaning the area will be put into the tighter lockdown bracket from tomorrow.

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A spokesman for the authority said: “The announcement follows rising cases in Carlisle and this week’s public health update which showed Carlisle overtaking Barrow borough in having the greatest number of new cases in the county.

“Barrow and Carlisle’s rates are currently higher than the national average.”

The changes follow a Government decision and will apply to the Carlisle district, which includes communities such as Longtown and Brampton, the council said.

The Department of Health and Social Care said “The rate of Covid-19 infections is rising rapidly across the UK.

“The weekly case rate in England stood at 226 people per 100,000 from October 18 to October 24, up from 100 people per 100,000 for the week September 25 to October 1.

“Cases are not evenly spread, with infection rates rising more rapidly in some areas than others.

“In Carlisle, weekly case rates stand at 233 people per 100,000.

“This increases to 244 per 100,000 in those aged 17-21 and is 206 per 100,000 in the over 60s.”

London was given Tier 2 restrictions earlier this month despite much smaller infection numbers across most of the capital.

Bath, Cambridge and Brighton are also all at risk of hurtling towards a Tier 2 lockdown.

The UK is on the brink of passing 1,000,000 coronavirus cases as the country nears a grim milestone.

Positive cases rose by 24,405 today, taking the total to 989,745 – with the increase tomorrow expected to tip infections from the entire pandemic over 1million.

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