Yesterdays tier review left around five million more people living under Tier 3 restrictions from 00:01 tomorrow.
The main restrictions in Tier 3 are:
- No household mixing allowed indoors or outdoors, except in parks and public gardens
- All hospitality is closed, except for takeaways and deliveries
- All accommodation and entertainment venues are closed
Joining the previously announced regions including London, South Gloucestershire and Greater Manchester in Tier 3, and taking the total number of people living under the strictest level of coronavirus rules to 38 million people, or 68% of the population of England, from Saturday December 19th will be the following areas:
- Bedfordshire (Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton)
- Berkshire (Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor & Maidenhead, Wokingham)
- Buckinghamshire (including Milton Keynes)
- Peterborough in Cambridgeshire
- Hastings and Rother in East Sussex
- Gosport, Havant and Portsmouth in Hampshire
- Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage and Welwyn Hatfield in Hertfordshire
- Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate & Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge and Woking in Surrey
Previously announced areas staying in Tier 3: Derbyshire, North-East England, most of Essex, Greater Manchester, parts of Hertfordshire, the Humber, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Nottinghamshire, South Gloucestershire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, the West Midlands and West Yorkshire.
Bristol and North Somerset are the only area to move out down from the highest tier joining Swindon and Wiltshire living under Tier 2 restrictions.
With Bristol moving into Tier 2 and Herefordshire moving down to Tier 1, it now means that from from Saturday, 17 million people or 30% of the population of England will be living in Tier 2 restrictions.
With Herefordshire joining Cornwall, the Isle of Wight and the Isles of Scilly in Tier 1 from Saturday, it means 900,000 people or 2% of the population will be under the least strict of rules over Christmas.
