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One in six council areas in England now recording highest Covid case numbers since last summer
Around one in six areas in England are now reporting their highest rate of new Covid-19 cases since comparable records began last summer, when mass testing was first introduced in the UK, PA Media reports. PA says:
The list includes almost all local authority areas in north-east England, close to a half in south-west England and nearly a third in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Data also shows that every local area in England is now recording coronavirus rates above the symbolic level of 100 cases per 100,000 people - the first time this has happened since early January, at the peak of the second wave.
The figures have been compiled by the PA news agency, and come on the day that most remaining Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in England are finally lifted.
Face masks are no longer compulsory in shops and on public transport, limits on social gatherings have been scrapped, and work from home guidance has ended.
Many businesses and transport operators are still asking people to wear face masks, however.
Some 50 of the 315 local authority areas in England (16%) are currently recording Covid-19 case rates that are higher than any point since mass testing began, PA analysis shows.
Eight of these are in north-east England: Redcar & Cleveland (1268.0 cases per 100,000 people - the highest anywhere in England); Middlesbrough (1,178.9); Hartlepool (1,061.3); Sunderland (1,036.7); Stockton-on-Tees (944.5); Darlington (863.3); County Durham (783.3); and Northumberland (674.6).
In neighbouring Yorkshire & the Humber, six areas currently have record rates: Doncaster (729.1), Wakefield (667.2), Leeds (599.4), Richmondshire (575.1), Hambleton (552.4) and East Riding of Yorkshire (517.9).
All rates are for the seven days to 14 July, with case data for 15-18 July excluded as it is incomplete.
The figures reflect the impact of the third wave of coronavirus, which began in the UK at the end of May and is now causing a sharp rise in new cases across the country.
England’s overall rate of new cases currently stands at 425.3 per 100,000 people: the highest since January 19.
As I pointed out earlier (see 11.58am), there was very little in the first wave of Covid, and so although actual case rates reached extraordinarily high levels in March, this was not reflected in the reported figures.
12:41
One in six council areas in England now recording highest Covid case numbers since last summer
Around one in six areas in England are now reporting their highest rate of new Covid-19 cases since comparable records began last summer, when mass testing was first introduced in the UK, PA Media reports. PA says:
The list includes almost all local authority areas in north-east England, close to a half in south-west England and nearly a third in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Data also shows that every local area in England is now recording coronavirus rates above the symbolic level of 100 cases per 100,000 people - the first time this has happened since early January, at the peak of the second wave.
The figures have been compiled by the PA news agency, and come on the day that most remaining Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in England are finally lifted.
Face masks are no longer compulsory in shops and on public transport, limits on social gatherings have been scrapped, and work from home guidance has ended.
Many businesses and transport operators are still asking people to wear face masks, however.
Some 50 of the 315 local authority areas in England (16%) are currently recording Covid-19 case rates that are higher than any point since mass testing began, PA analysis shows.
Eight of these are in north-east England: Redcar & Cleveland (1268.0 cases per 100,000 people - the highest anywhere in England); Middlesbrough (1,178.9); Hartlepool (1,061.3); Sunderland (1,036.7); Stockton-on-Tees (944.5); Darlington (863.3); County Durham (783.3); and Northumberland (674.6).
In neighbouring Yorkshire & the Humber, six areas currently have record rates: Doncaster (729.1), Wakefield (667.2), Leeds (599.4), Richmondshire (575.1), Hambleton (552.4) and East Riding of Yorkshire (517.9).
All rates are for the seven days to 14 July, with case data for 15-18 July excluded as it is incomplete.
The figures reflect the impact of the third wave of coronavirus, which began in the UK at the end of May and is now causing a sharp rise in new cases across the country.
England’s overall rate of new cases currently stands at 425.3 per 100,000 people: the highest since January 19.
As I pointed out earlier (see 11.58am), there was very little in the first wave of Covid, and so although actual case rates reached extraordinarily high levels in March, this was not reflected in the reported figures.
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