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Covid infection rates have continued to fall across Norfolk and Waveney - Credit: PA More than half of Norfolk and Waveney is now Covid-free as infection rates continue to tumble across the county. In all, 68 of the 125 neighbourhoods in the county recorded rates of zero per 100,000 – meaning there were so few cases that information was suppressed to protect people’s privacy. Norfolk s overall rate continued to fall, reaching 39 per 100,000 on March 2, while just two of the county s local authorities - Breckland and King s Lynn and West Norfolk - saw more than 50 per 100,000. Some areas of the county have been Covid-free for weeks. ....
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 Norfolk and Waveney’s total population. ....