A NEW Coronavirus app is predicting which tier each area in England could be moved to in the government review this week.
The app, called ZOE Covid Symptom Study, uses data about how the virus is spreading in each area to make its prediction.
The report, which updates daily, is being shown to the government ahead of the review of the tiers on Wednesday.
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Today people in London were put on tighter restrictions as the capital moved from Tier 2 to Tier 3.
Now there are concerns other areas with a rise in cases since the start of December could also be put into the highest category.
As it stands Oxfordshire is in Tier 2 – this means that people in different households cannot meet inside and pubs must shut unless they serve ‘substantial meals’.
Slough is the closest place to the county on Tier 3 – this means that all hospitality venues must shut.
Here is the latest data from the study, produced today – predicting which Tier each area could be moved to on Wednesday:
(A red arrow up implies an increase in infections per 100,000 people in the past week, an amber dot shows that rates have been consistent in the past week and a green arrow down shows a decrease in the number of infections per 100,000 people in the past week)
The table suggests that most of the country has seen a decrease in the number of infections, or coronavirus cases have been consistent in the last week.
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In Oxfordshire, there are 184 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people - leaving the county with an orange dot and unlikely to be moved into a different tier.
There are just three subregions where the rate of infections is on the rise: London, East and West Sussex and Brighton and Hove and Cornwall – which has been one of the only places in the country in Tier 1.
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