Tier 3 restrictions will include, but are not limited to: No mixing of households indoors, or most outdoor places, apart from support bubbles. St Albans has joined the rest of Hertfordshire and entered Tier 3 restrictions, health secretary Matt Hancock has announced. The county will be moved into tier 3 – 'very high' – under the Government's local Covid-19 alert system after Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the results of a tier review to the House of Commons late on Thursday morning (Dec 17). The whole of Hertfordshire is to face tougher restrictions as six more areas will move into Tier 3. Cllr David Williams said: "The Government has announced that four of the 10 district council areas in Hertfordshire will move to the ‘Very High’ level (Tier 3) of local Covid alert categories from 00:01 on … The rules will come into effect on Wednesday at 00:01. Statement from Cllr Chris White, Leader of St Albans City and District Council in response to Hertfordshire moving into Tier 3: “The Government’s announcement today places the whole of Hertfordshire into Tier 3, the highest of the Covid-19 alert tiers, meaning we are on Very High Alert. - Credit: Archant A statement on Hertfordshire's move to Tier 3 … Hertfordshire has moved into Tier 3 to curtail the rapidly rising number of coronavirus cases in the county. However, the transmission of the coronavirus remains under control, which means that the borough and its cities … “The Government has announced that, as of 00:01 on Saturday 19 December 2020, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and a number of other districts will be placed into Tier 3 of the Coronavirus restrictions. Hertfordshire today now finds itself torn between different coronavirus tiers. North Hertfordshire towns like Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth and Royston will all remain under Tier 2 restrictions due to the low number of cases in those areas.. A statement from the Leader of Hertfordshire County Council about the county moving to Tier 3 has been released. The counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, the Cambridgeshire district of Peterborough, the rest of Hertfordshire, Surrey (except Waverley), the East Sussex districts of Hastings and Rother and the Hampshire districts of Gosport, Havant and Portsmouth moved up to tier 3. Watford, Hertsmere, Broxbourne and Three Rivers were moved into Tier 3 … There were 107.1 cases per 100,000 population in the 7 days leading up to December 9, up from 95.1 the week before. Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed St Albans, Welwyn Hatfield, Dacorum, East Herts, North Herts and Stevenage will move to Tier 3 on Saturday at 12.01am in an address to … Those living in Tier 3 must avoid any "unnecessary travel" into Tier 2 areas, Matt Hancock said. Speaking in the House of … parks, public gardens). Four areas of Hertfordshire will go into Tier 3 this week: Three Rivers, Watford, Hertsmere and Broxbourne. And in Hertfordshire, Tier 3 will include Broxbourne, Hertsmere, Watford and the Three Rivers local authority area will all be thrown into the Very High Covid Alert level. Maximum of six in some outdoor public spaces (e.g. London and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire entered Tier 3 on Wednesday, meaning 34 million people or 61 per cent of England's population are living under the toughest level of restrictions. The whole of Hertfordshire is to come under the toughest coronavirus restrictions from 12.01am on Saturday (December 19).