A POLL by the Somerset County Gazette has revealed that the majority of participants believe there should be a second national lockdown in England.

Last week pressure was growing on the Government to impose a short-term circuit-breaker lockdown in England in a bid to get rising coronavirus infections under control.

The Government did not impose a lockdown instead opting for a three-tier system to help reduce the spread of coronavirus.

Under the new system different areas of England have been split up into medium, high and very high alert levels.

These three tiers represent an advancing scale of local lockdown restrictions with Tier 3 referring to areas in the “very high” category.

A poll on the Somerset County Gazette website, which provides a small snapshot of the situation, showed that 58 per cent of the 880 people who took part were in favour of a second lockdown in England.

READ MORE: POLL: Would you welcome a second national lockdown?

But 42 per cent of the participants were against the idea.

Since the Government announced their three-tier system a number of areas across the country have gone back into lockdown as they have entered tier 3.

Areas currently under Tier 3 restrictions are:

Liverpool City Region

Liverpool

Knowsley

Wirral

St Helens

Sefton

Halton

Lancashire

Lancaster

Wyre

Ribble Valley

Pendle

Blackpool

Preston

Hyndburn

Fylde

South Ribble

Chorley

West Lancashire

Blackburn Darwen

Rossendale

Burnley

Greater Manchester

City of Manchester

Trafford

Bury

Tameside

Rochdale

Salford

Greater Manchester

City of Manchester

Trafford

Bury

Tameside

Rochdale

Salford

Oldham

Stockport