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Covid rates in Essex overall are still showing a slight increase in the last seven days.

Covid rates in Essex overall are still showing a slight increase in the last seven days.

Covid rates in Essex overall are still showing a slight increase in the last seven days.

Covid rates in Essex overall are still showing a slight increase in the last seven days.

A handful of areas in south Essex have recorded multiple new cases of coronavirus in the past week.

The latest coronavirus figures show infection rates across south Essex have dropped in the past week, despite shops, pubs and hairdressers reopening. Basildon saw the highest number of Covid cases recorded in the region in the seven days up to April 17. 24 new cases were confirmed, meaning the infection rate is 12.8 cases per 100,000 people. There were 23 new infections recorded in Southend in the same period, 12 in Castle Point and only eight in Rochford. Thurrock meanwhile saw 14 ne...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will today outline his road-map out of lockdown. All of south Essex has been under an effective lockdown since December 16 when it was placed under Tier 4 restrictions. A national lockdown was then enforced in early January, meaning all parts of south Essex have been under the toughest rules for more than two months. Having once been the country’s coronavirus hotspot at the start of the year, the situation in the region is now looking much encouraging, wit...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will today outline his road-map out of lockdown. All of south Essex has been under an effective lockdown since December 16 when it was placed under Tier 4 restrictions. A national lockdown was then enforced in early January, meaning all parts of south Essex have been under the toughest rules for more than two months. Having once been the country’s coronavirus hotspot at the start of the year, the situation in the region is now looking much encouraging, wit...

There are now eight areas in south Essex which have recorded three or fewer cases of coronavirus in the last seven days.

Covid cases are drop fast across the borough - with some parts seeing a drop of 50 per cent and more.