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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