The new government Tier 3, 2, and 1 restrictions have been announced and as expected, most of England has been placed in the higher top spots.
Matt Hancock thanked Brits for their "sacrifice" during a second national lockdown that will draw to a close on December 2.
From then on, local areas will be placed into a brand new Tier system designed to reflect the latest regional Covid-19 data.
Minutes after the county classifications were released on Thursday, November 16 at 11.30, the Government website crashed as Brits scrambled to find out where would face the harshest restrictions.
Scroll down for the full list of Tier by area or use our handy postcode search tool below to see what Tier you fall in.
In England, only 713,573 people (1.3%) of the population will be in Tier 1, where gatherings of up to six people are allowed indoors.
Tier 1
Isle of Wight, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are the only areas in the Tier 1 lower alert level, which means those who can work from home should do so.
As Boris Johnson predicted, a large proportion of the country has been placed into Tier 2, including London, Brighton and Liverpool.
Other areas include:
Tier 2
Cumbria,
Liverpool City Region,
Warrington and Cheshire,
Yorkshire, York,
North Yorkshire,
Worcestershire,
Herefordshire,
Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin
Rutland and Northamptonshire
Suffolk
Hertfordshire
Cambridgeshire including Peterborough
Norfolk
Essex
Thurrock and Southend on Sea
Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes
London
Brighton and Hove
Surrey
Reading
Wokingham
Bracknell Forest
Windsor and Maidenhead
West Berkshire
Hampshire (except the Isle of Wight)
Portsmouth and Southampton
Buckinghamshire
Oxfordshire
South Somerset
Somerset West and Taunton
Mendip and Sedgemoor
Bath and North East Somerset
Dorset
Bournemouth
Christchurch
Poole
Gloucestershire
Wiltshire and Swindon
Devon
Manchester, Birmingham Leeds, and Newcastle will be slammed with the "very high" alert, along with Kent, which is the only county in the south-east plunged into Tier 3.
Under Tier 3, hospitality venues will have to close, as well as hotels and other accommodation providers, expect for specific work purposes.
Outdoor sports will be allowed to continue, but unlike the first two tiers, spectators will not be allowed to watch sport in Tier 3.
Tier 3
Blackpool
Bristol
Kent and Medway
Slough
Nottinghamshire
Hartlepool
Middlesbrough
Stockton-on-Tees
Redcar and Cleveland
Darlington, Sunderland
South Tyneside, Gateshead
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Tyneside
County Durham
Northumberland
Greater Manchester
Lancashire
Blackburn with Darwen
Yorkshire
Birmingham and Black Country
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Warwickshire
Coventry and Solihull
Derby and Derbyshire
Leicester and Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Slough
Kent and Medway
Bristol
South Gloucestershire
North Somerset
As announced earlier this week, the tiers have been toughened and many more areas will be placed into the higher tiers in order to safeguard the gains made during the period of national restrictions.
Differences between the tiers include limits on where households can meet up - for instance, in the new tier one, the rule of six applies indoors and out. In tier two, the rule of six remains outdoors but there is no household mixing indoors.
Unlike the previous Tier system, there will be no room for negotiations with local council leaders - the rules will be blanket.
Experts have hinted that England will face restrictions until Spring 2021 amid the rollout of potential vaccines from December.
It follows month-long countrywide restrictions after the Covid-19 death toll reached heights not seen since May and cases shot into the tens of thousands.
