Fewer virus patients in hospitals

ALL AREAS: The number of patients in hospital with coronavirus at the Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust fell by more than 25 per cent in the latest NHS statistics.

Data from NHS England shows 329 people with COVID-19 were occupying beds at the trust’s three hospitals on Tuesday, February 9.

This is a 25.5 per cent decrease from the 442 people being cared for at Wexham Park, Frimley Park and Heatherwood seven days previously.

Positive cases of the virus are continuing to fall in Slough.

A total of 310 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 in the borough between Monday, February 8 and Sunday, February 14. This was down from the 465 cases recorded in Slough over the previous seven days.

The town’s seven-day infection rate currently stands at 215.3 cases per 100,000 people.

Cases are also falling in the Royal Borough with 111 people testing positive for coronavirus between Monday, February 8 and Sunday, February 14.

This was down almost 50 per cent from the 219 cases recorded in the area the week before.

The seven-day infection rate for the borough stands at 90.5 cases per 100,000 people.

Parish councillors across the borough were taken aback by a letter from the Environment Agency and the Royal Borough asking for their ideas on an alternative to the River Thames Scheme. The Borough has withdrawn from the scheme for financial reasons.

A takeaway which failed to meet basic food hygiene standards in Slough has been fined thousands of pounds. Peri Peri Original, in Slough High Street, has since closed.