Three new areas teeter on brink of Tier 4 after big rise in coronavirus cases
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mirror.co.ukTowns in Yorkshire, Worcestershire and Somerset are a risk of becoming the latest to be placed into Tier 4. This morning a total of 44 million people, or 78% of the population of England, woke up to find themselves living under the country's toughest restrictions.
While only the Isles of Scilly is in Tier 1, with no areas in Tier 2, about 11 million people are still enjoying the relative freedom of Tier 3.
Although the Government has not set out exact criteria for when an area is moved up a tier, several are showing worrying infection trends.
Hambleton and York in Yorkshire have higher case rates than dozens of Tier 4 areas. Hambleton recorded 304 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to December 27, up from 120 the week before.
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