Burnley to remain in Tier 3 as Covid infection rate continues to rise

Burnley, along with the whole of Lancashire, was placed in Tier 3 on Thursday, November 26th, as the country came out of a second nationwide lockdown.

The town has now been subject to some of the country's tightest 'postcode restrictions' for five months.

No area of the North-West will move tiers.

For Burnley, it means hospitality venues will continue to be restricted to takeaway service only and household mixing in all indoor and most outdoor settings will remain banned.

There will still be a five-day reprieve from December 23rd until December 27th with three households able to form a 'Christmas bubble'.

Pub and restaurant owners had been hoping for a bit of festive respite in the run-up to their busiest time of year, but will now experience a Christmas to forget with the next review not scheduled for two weeks.

Burnley's rolling seven-day rate of new Covid cases, when the town entered Tier 3 three weeks ago, was 280 per 100,000 people.

For the seven days up December 11th – the most recent data available – that figure has risen to 309.3.