The neighbouring areas of South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire are already under tier three. Mr Jenrick also refused to rule out London and its nine million residents being next to face the tougher Tier 3 restrictions. This means that more people in England will be in Tier 2 (23.9 million) than in Tier 1 (23.7 million). The North West had the highest number of beds occupied with coronavirus patients on Tuesday at 2,566, up from 2,099 on October 20. The new data, published yesterday showed there were 743 coronavirus patients in mechanical ventilation beds in England on Tuesday, up from 560 last week.

Source: Daily Mirror October 29, 2020 21:00 UTC