Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch have been moved up from Tier 2 to Tier 4.
Millions more people are facing tighter COVID restrictions as the government extended Tier 4 rules to cover more areas in England.
Areas that will be covered by the Tier 4 rules from tomorrow are:
- Leicester City
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Northamptonshire
- Derby and Derbyshire
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
- Birmingham and Black Country
- Coventry
- Solihull
- Warwickshire
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
- Lancashire
- Cheshire and Warrington
- Cumbria
- Greater Manchester
- Tees Valley
- North East
- Gloucestershire
- Somerset council
- Swindon
- Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch
- Isle of Wight
- New Forest
The review of England’s tiered system of restrictions follows areas being moved into Tier 4 on Boxing Day.
The changes come after the number of daily positive cases reached a new high – 53,135 on Tuesday.
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