Government has updated its ‘COVID alert level’ list for English regions.

ALL areas of England have a COVID alert level of “medium” or higher (as this Is the lowest level). More than 40 areas are currently are at a “high” risk level, and 20 areas “very high” risk level, meaning they will have to adhere to tier 3 lockdown conditions.

The ten areas of Greater Manchester that government has announced will be placed into tier 3 lockdown will be not be classes as “very high” risk until Friday.

The regional risk levels are as follow. Voice Britannia will update this as alert levels change.

Medium COVID risk

Every region which is not at high or very high.

High COVID risk

Cumbria

  • Barrow-in-Furness

Derbyshire

  • Chesterfield
  • Erewash
  • North East Derbyshire

Essex

  • Basildon
  • Braintree
  • Brentwood
  • Castle Point
  • Chelmsford
  • Colchester
  • Epping Forest
  • Harlow
  • Maldon
  • Rochford
  • Tendring
  • Uttlesford

London

  • All 32 boroughs plus the City of London

Surrey

  • Elmbridge

York

  • York

Cheshire

  • Cheshire West and Chester
  • Cheshire East
  • Warrington

Greater Manchester

  • Manchester
  • Bolton
  • Bury
  • Stockport
  • Tameside
  • Trafford
  • Wigan
  • Salford
  • Rochdale
  • Oldham

Derbyshire

  • High Peak ‒ the wards of:
    • Tintwistle
    • Padfield
    • Dinting
    • St John’s
    • Old Glossop
    • Whitfield
    • Simmondley
    • Gamesley
    • Howard Town
    • Hadfield South
    • Hadfield North

West Yorkshire

  • Leeds
  • Bradford
  • Kirklees
  • Calderdale
  • Wakefield

South Yorkshire

  • Barnsley
  • Rotherham
  • Doncaster
  • Sheffield

Durham

  • Durham

Northumberland

  • Northumberland

Tyne and Wear

  • Newcastle
  • South Tyneside
  • North Tyneside
  • Gateshead
  • Sunderland

Tees Valley

  • Middlesbrough
  • Redcar and Cleveland
  • Stockton-on-Tees
  • Darlington
  • Hartlepool

West Midlands

  • Birmingham
  • Sandwell
  • Solihull
  • Wolverhampton
  • Walsall

Leicestershire

  • Leicester
  • Oadby and Wigston

Nottinghamshire

  • Ashfield
  • Bassetlaw
  • Broxtowe
  • Gedling
  • Mansfield
  • Newark & Sherwood
  • Nottingham City
  • Rushcliffe

Very high COVID risk

Local COVID alert level: very high

Liverpool City Region

Find out what you can and cannot do if you live, work or travel in the Liverpool City Region.

  • Liverpool
  • Knowsley
  • Wirral
  • St Helens
  • Sefton
  • Halton

Lancashire

Find out what you can and cannot do if you live, work or travel in Lancashire.

  • Blackpool
  • Blackburn with Darwen
  • Burnley
  • Chorley
  • Fylde
  • Hyndburn
  • Lancaster
  • Pendle
  • Preston
  • Ribble Valley
  • Rossendale
  • South Ribble
  • West Lancashire
  • Wyre

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