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Several areas have been added to the coronavirus watch list as scientists warned that the transmission rate could now be as high as 1.4 in the UK.
The Department of Health and Social Care said Lancashire, including all Blackburn neighborhoods with Darwen, but excluding Blackpool, Oadby and Wigston, have been added to this week’s list. watch list as an area of intervention.
The Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale neighborhoods that were exempt are also being added to the intervention area.
Wolverhampton has also been added to the list.
Blaby becomes an area of increased support, and Selby, Scarborough, and Spelthorne, Surrey, are added as areas of concern.
Swindon, Breckland, Great Yarmouth, Norwich, Broadland, North Norfolk, South Norfolk and King’s Lynn & West Norfolk have been removed from the watchlist after improvements to coronavirus cases.
Leeds avoided further lockdown restrictions, after the government responded to an increase in COVID-19 rates with enhanced support.
South Tyneside, Sunderland, Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne were added to the watch list as areas of greatest support.
Merseyside, Hartlepool, Sheffield and Hertsmere have also been added as areas of concern.
In the meantime, restrictions have eased in Leicester, which means that casinos, skating rinks, bowling alleys, exhibition halls, conference centers and indoor gaming areas will be able to reopen starting Tuesday.
Socially distanced indoor performances may be resumed and restrictions on certain close contact services, such as eyebrow threading or makeup application, will be removed.
But the ban on household gatherings in private homes and gardens will remain in effect.
Kettering, Oadby and Wigston in Leicestershire and Luton have been removed from the watch list.
Designated areas in Greater Manchester, where restrictions already exist, remain as national intervention areas.
Rossendale, Hyndburn, and Burnley also remain areas of greatest support, while Middlesbrough, Corby, and Peterborough remain areas of concern.
Stockport continues to be an area of greatest support.
In Scotland, the strictest restrictions on home visiting have been extended to Lanarkshire.
People who live in the area will not be able to meet other households in their homes after midnight.
They come after lockdown restrictions in Glasgow, East Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire were held for another week on Monday, having first been introduced on September 1.
