Rutland moves into Tier 3 from Midnight tonight.

Neighbouring Lincolnshire will move to tier 4, including the City of Lincoln, Boston, South Kesteven, West Lindsey, North Kesteven, South Holland and East Lindsey.

Neighbouring counties Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire will also move into tier 4.

Details of what Tier 3 means can be found in the attached graphic.

But they include:

No household mixing allowed indoors or outdoors, except in parks and public gardens

All hospitality is closed, except for takeaways and deliveries

All accommodation and entertainment venues are closed

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The changes come as Tuesday saw national cases increase by 53,135 to 2,382,865, the highest daily rise recorded ever.

Similar to the November lockdown, tier 4 means non-essential shops, hairdressers, and leisure and entertainment venues must close, and people need to "stay at home".

As a result, health workers are said to be "back in the eye of the storm†according to NHS England's chief executive Simon Stevens.

Wednesday saw the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine being approved by the UK medicines regulator, raising the hopes of a rapid scale-up of vaccination against COVID-19 within days.

The second dose of the coronavirus vaccines will now be given later than originally planned, so more people can be given the first dose, according to experts.