What tier am I in? Use our Covid postcode checker to find your area

What tier am I in? Use our Covid postcode checker to find your area

 Areas such as North Norfolk, Devon and Cumbria have all recorded rises in cases of the new variant, which could see them being placed under the toughest tier of restrictions.

Health officials and local leaders in Birmingham held a Gold Command meeting on Tuesday, December 22 to discuss whether to submit a request to move the city and its 1.1m residents into Tier 4 restrictions.

How are tiers decided?

 

Decisions on tiers are made by ministers based on public health recommendations informed by the following factors:

If these indicators are not improving, an area may be moved up a tier and if the trajectory improves, the area may move to a lower tier.

Will anything change now we have a vaccine? 

In the wake of the news surrounding the approval of the Pfizer/ BioNTech vaccine, the Prime Minister addressed the previous three-tier system, acknowledging that the restrictions were “tough” but were nevertheless essential to “keep the virus under control”. 

In this press conference on Dec 2, Mr Johnson said that he hoped areas could “come down the tiers” before the Easter holiday, before emphasising it is necessary that the restrictions stay in place alongside the vaccine.

He added: “For the time being you've got to take it that tiering will be