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Large parts of the county have been virus free for weeks - Credit: PA Around a quarter of a million people in Norfolk and Waveney live in areas with almost no Covid cases, while parts of the county have been virus free for a month. The latest data up to February 25 shows 31 local neighbourhoods where the number of cases was so low an infection rate of zero was recorded to protect people’s privacy. The data splits the country up into local neighbourhoods of roughly 8,000 people. Multiplying the number of 'Covid-free' areas by 8,000 gives a figure of 248,000 – just over a quarter of ...

The drive-through coronavirus testing facility at the Norwich Research Park. Picture: Denise Bradley - Credit: Copyright: Archant 2020 Coronavirus infection rates tumbled in 70pc of neighbourhoods in Norfolk and Waveney in the first two weeks of lockdown, according to the latest figures. On January 5 the country entered a third national lockdown amid concerns over a more contagious variant of the virus. Since then, Norfolk’s rate of infections has fallen consistently, reaching 409 infections per 100,0000 as of January 19 – a fall of 20pc since January 5. In Suffolk, rates also fell by 3...

Published: 9:07 AM January 19, 2021    A man walks past a poster in the window of a Primark shop in the final week of a four week national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. - Credit: PA Almost half of all deaths between March and December last year in Norfolk's worst hit neighbourhoods were from coronavirus.  ONS data shows the virus was responsible for 802 deaths in the region – 8pc of the 10,442 deaths recorded. The highest Covid death toll came in Swaffham, where 26 people died. In all, 123 people in the town died during the same period, meaning the virus was responsible fo...

Published: 9:07 AM January 19, 2021    A man walks past a poster in the window of a Primark shop in the final week of a four week national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. - Credit: PA Almost half of all deaths between March and December last year in Norfolk's worst hit neighbourhoods were from coronavirus.  ONS data shows the virus was responsible for 802 deaths in the region – 8pc of the 10,442 deaths recorded. The highest Covid death toll came in Swaffham, where 26 people died. In all, 123 people in the town died during the same period, meaning the virus was responsible fo...