THE surge in Covid-19 in the Winchester district is continuing. Today s figure of new cases reported this evening was 90; on December 26, 104, on December 27, 57, December 28, 56 and yesterday, 84. In the last five days 15 per cent of the total number of cases since last March have been reported. Yesterday the previous four days was 12 per cent of the total. Only in Stanmore are the numbers so low that it is marked green on the Government s interactive Covid map. District cases since last March is currently 2,611, with an infection rate of 1,907 per 100,000 people as of Sunday. Today’s infection rate for Winchester was unavailable. The national infection rate is 3,713 per 100,000.
THE high daily numbers for Covid-19 in the Winchester district are continuing. On December 26 104 new cases were reported, but the figure was 57 on December 27 and 56 yesterday. But today 84 new cases have been reported, higher than since the peak of the pandemic in the spring. In the last four days 12 per cent of the total number of cases since last March have been reported. The district’s number of cases since last March is currently 2,521, with an infection rate of 1,907 per 100,000 people as of Sunday. Today’s infection rate for Winchester was unavailable. The national infection rate is 3,635 per 100,000. The ‘district’ covers more than just the city and includes a swathe of central Hampshire from Micheldever to Denmead.
THE Boxing Day surge in cases in the Winchester district has settled down. On December 26 104 new cases were reported, but the figure was 57 yesterday and 56 today, still higher than since the peak of the pandemic in the spring. The district s number of cases since last March is currently 2,437, with an infection rate of 1,907 per 100,000 people yesterday. Today s infection rate for Winchester was unavailable. The national rate is 3,552 per 100,000. The district covers more than just the city and covers a swathe of central Hampshire from Micheldever to Denmead. In the week between December 21-28 (today) there have been 348 new cases reported in Winchester district, compared to 211 in the week to December 20. Winchester is faring better than Southampton and Eastleigh where the rate has more then doubled. In the week to December 16 the figures were 121 in Eastleigh and 395 in Southampton. In the week to December 23 the numbers are 287 and 822.
WHAT a year it is has been! These past 12 months have been unlike any other - and maybe it s just us, but 2020 felt like an awful lot longer than the 366 days the calendar claims it has been. It can be hard to recall what the world was like back when people could shake hands, not have to guess how far away two metres is while out and about, and the sight of a crowd was not cause for concern. So the Chronicle has taken a look back at some of the highs and lows of this year. First we look back to the first half of the year.