Most of England will be in the two toughest levels of measures when lockdown ends next week.
The new coronavirus tier restrictions will mean 55 million people are banned from mixing with other households indoors after 2 December.
Large parts of the Midlands, North East and North West, including Manchester, as well as Kent, are in tier three.
A majority of places are in the second-highest level - tier two - including London, and Liverpool city region.
The Isle of Wight, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly - where there have been no recorded cases in the past week - will be the only areas of England in the lowest level of curbs - tier one.
Meanwhile, a rush for details saw the government website repeatedly crash.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock set out the reasoning behind the tier decisions for each area in a written ministerial statement. A full list of areas and tiers is below.
'Dig deep'
Mr Hancock told the Commons: "Hope is on the horizon but we still have further to go. So we must all dig deep."
"We should see these restrictions not as a boundary to push but as a limit on what the public health advice says we can safely do in any area," he added.
Around 23 million people across 21 local authority areas will be in the highest level - tier three - including Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Tees Valley Combined Authority and North East Combined Authority.
Lancashire, Leicester, Lincolnshire, Slough, Bristol, Kent and Medway will also be in tier three.
Differences between the new tiers include restrictions on where households can meet up:
- tier one: the rule of six applies everywhere, indoors and out
- tier two: the rule of six applies outdoors but there is no household mixing anywhere indoors
- tier three: can only meet other households in outdoor public spaces like parks, where the rule of six applies
Gyms and close-contact beauty services like hairdressers will be able to open in all tiers. Guidance said people in all tiers who can work from home, should continue to do so.
Pubs and restaurants in tier two can only open to serve "substantial meals", while those in tier three can only operate as a takeaway or delivery service.
Starting off high
Make no mistake, this is only a gradual step out of lockdown.
At the start of November more than half the country was in tier one, meaning households could mix indoors in people's homes and in pubs and restaurants as long as they kept to the rule of six.
Now that is only possible in Cornwall, the Isle of Wight and Isles of Scilly.
Infection rates are showing early signs of coming down, but the government is erring on the side of caution.
Research suggests they were too slow to put areas in higher tiers before lockdown.
They do not want to make that mistake again - and so are starting off high in the hope they can move areas down the tiers.
But it is not only about which area is in which tier.
The top two tiers have been beefed up, particularly in regards to hospitality.
One ray of hope, the government says, is the experience of Liverpool.
Before lockdown it was in tier three and seeing among the highest infection rates in the country.
Today it has now been put in tier two with infection levels pretty close to the national average.
BBC analysis showed 32.2 million people live in tier two areas, 23.3 million in tier three and just 713,573 in tier one.
The system will be regularly reviewed and an area's tier level may change before Christmas - the first review is scheduled for 16 December.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will lead a Downing Street news conference at 17:00 GMT.
Decisions on tiers are based on public health recommendations informed by a series of public health data, including Covid-19 cases among the over-60s, positivity rates, pressure on the NHS and how quickly cases are rising or falling.
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Areas placed in tier three will be eligible for rapid or "lateral flow" tests - which give results in about 20 minutes without the need for a lab - to help bring down infections and reduce restrictions.
And they will be offered support by NHS Test and Trace and the armed forces to deliver a six-week rapid community testing programme.
Devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have the power to set their own coronavirus regulations, though all four UK nations have agreed a joint plan for Christmas.
In tier three Lancashire, chair of the council's resilience forum, Angie Ridgwell, said there was "disappointment" but also clarity over what needed to happen to lower infection rates.
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson said the city region's move from tier three to tier two was a "great result" and thanked residents for their efforts to drive down the virus alongside a trial of mass testing.
"We embraced tier three restrictions and worked fast to deliver the testing pilot, bringing in the Army to help us deliver an efficient service," he said.
Mr Hancock said Covid-19 cases in Liverpool had fallen 69% in six weeks and the city showed that "the more people get tested, the quicker an area can move down through the tiers".
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said the decision to place the capital in the second-highest level - tier two - was the result of people's "monumental sacrifice" and would be a "welcome boost" for businesses.
Full list - which tier is your area in?
Tier 1: Medium alert
South East
Isle of Wight
South West
Cornwall
Isles of Scilly
Tier 2: High alert
North West
Cumbria
Liverpool City Region
Warrington and Cheshire
Yorkshire
York
North Yorkshire
West Midlands
Worcestershire
Herefordshire
Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin
East Midlands
Rutland
Northamptonshire
East of England
Suffolk
Hertfordshire
Cambridgeshire, including Peterborough
Norfolk
Essex, Thurrock and Southend on Sea
Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes
London
All 32 boroughs plus the City of London
South East
East Sussex
West Sussex
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 West
South Somerset, Somerset West and Taunton, Mendip and Sedgemoor
Bath and North East Somerset
Dorset
Bournemouth
Christchurch
Poole
Gloucestershire
Wiltshire and Swindon
Devon
Tier 3: Very High alert
North East
Tees Valley Combined Authority:
Hartlepool
Middlesbrough
Stockton-on-Tees
Redcar and Cleveland
Darlington
North East Combined Authority:
Sunderland
South Tyneside
Gateshead
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Tyneside
County Durham
Northumberland
North West
Greater Manchester
Lancashire
Blackpool
Blackburn with Darwen
Yorkshire and The Humber
The Humber
West Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
West Midlands
Birmingham and Black Country
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull
East Midlands
Derby and Derbyshire
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
Leicester and Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
South East
Slough (remainder of Berkshire is tier 2: High alert)
Kent and Medway
South West
Bristol
South Gloucestershire
North Somerset
Source: HM Government - 26 November 2020
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