Millions Of Brits Wake Up To Tier 4 Restrictions on Boxing Day

Millions wake up today under the Tier 4 tougher restrictions as UK Covid deaths pass the 70,000 mark. Six million more people in England now enter tier-4 restrictions as new measures come into force in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

The number of people that now come under the stricter tier 4 in England will increase by 6 million to 24 million people, representing 43% of the population, in response to a more transmissible variant being discovered in the UK. It comes after the government said a further 570 died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus as of Christmas Day, taking the UK’s total deaths within 28 days of a positive test to 70,195.

Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been a total of 86,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK. There is also a heavy debate still going on regarding the number of Covid-19 deaths. Many people think the number is much lower than the government are reporting- the theory is that a lot of people are dying from other causes but are put down as dying from Covid-19.

Areas moving into tier 4 include Sussex, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, parts of Essex not yet in the highest tier, Waverley in Surrey and Hampshire, with the exception of the New Forest. Tier-4 restrictions include a warning to stay at home, a limit on household mixing to two people outdoors and the forced closure of many shops, hairdressers and gyms.

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