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Echo and Gazette front pages show what happened when coronavirus first hit Essex IT HAS been a year since the first person tested positive for coronavirus in Essex. The county was thrust into the spotlight as it became one of the first places in the UK to record a case of the deadly virus. At the time just 35 cases had been confirmed across the country. The patient had no relevant travel to an affected area. As a result investigations were undertaken to see if the patient had contracted it “directly or indirectly” from an individual who had recently travelled abroad.

IT HAS been a year since the first person tested positive for coronavirus in Essex.

Echo and Gazette front pages show what happened when coronavirus first hit Essex IT HAS been a year since the first person tested positive for coronavirus in Essex. The county was thrust into the spotlight as it became one of the first places in the UK to record a case of the deadly virus. At the time just 35 cases had been confirmed across the country. The patient had no relevant travel to an affected area. As a result investigations were undertaken to see if the patient had contracted it “directly or indirectly” from an individual who had recently travelled abroad.

Uttlesford has experienced a sharp fall in coronavirus cases - Credit: Getty Images Uttlesford has experienced a dramatic drop in coronavirus infection rates, latest weekly figures show. Statistics for the week up to February 11 - the latest date for which complete data is available - reveals there were 86.5 cases per 100,000 people in the district compared with 136.9 for the previous seven days. Braintree saw case numbers at 143.5 per 100,000, down from 214.3 the previous week. Figures show a continued decline in rates across all districts of Essex. But with the average case rate for the...

Health bosses in Essex have urged people to get tested after a "highly transmissible" variant of Covid was found in the county.