The map which shows how many cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in each area of the country each week Shinfield is the area of Wokingham that recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases last week. The latest figures show 545 people tested positive for the virus in Wokingham between January 12 to January 19 – 149 fewer than in the previous week. Public Health England has broken down the data to show the number of confirmed cases recorded in local neighbourhoods, which are known as Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs). In Shinfield, 46 people tested positive for the virus between January 12 and January 19. There were 45 confirmed cases in Earley, 41 in Wokingham Town, 40 in Woodley South and 35 in Lower Earley South.
These Leeds areas had the worst Covid infection rates in the last week
The rate of new coronavirus infections in Leeds is now falling week-on-week.
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The infection rate, the number of new cases per 100,000 people, was recorded at 286.8 in the seven days to January 17. It s down from 323.5 the previous week. While the rate is showing a positive downward trend, infection rates vary across the Middle Super Output Areas (MSOA) in Leeds - a geographic measure of approximately 8,000 people. These 13 Leeds neighbourhoods had the highest infection rates in the city in the seven days to January 16, the latest available figures. All images are for illustrative purposes only.
However, there is also another area within Southampton that is on the verge of becoming a hotspot Regents Park and Millbrook East has a current infection rate of 794.8 per 100,000 people - just 5.2 off being a hotspot . And case rates have seen a dramatic rise, with new cases climbing by 41.9% to 61.
The latest data from Public Health England The map uses data from Public Health England to show potential virus hotspots in the country. It is divided into Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs), which are areas with an average population of 7,200. It then colour-codes MSOAs depending on their seven day rolling infection rate, with areas placed into the boundaries of 0-9 (yellow), 10-49 (light green), 50-99 (dark green), 100-199 (light blue), 200-399 (dark blue), 400 to 799 (light purple) and 800 plus (dark purple).