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We have been investigating how the poorest are being hit hardest by the pandemic - Credit: PA The rate at which coronavirus cases are falling is almost twice as quick in Norfolk's richest areas than its poorest ones. It highlights once again how the most deprived neighbourhoods are suffering far more during the pandemic. Using government data, which measures poverty by dividing the country into areas of around 8,000 people, we were able to track falling rates in different parts of the county. Our analysis shows that in January rates fell twice as slow in the poorest 30pc of neighbourhood...

The Snetterton area and Wootton in West Norfolk also saw claimant numbers rise by 211pc – to 311 and 119 claimants respectively. One claimant, who asked not to be named, used to earn £40,000 a year. He said the extra money kept his family’s head above water. “My income has been reduced from £40,000 a year to just £10,000,” he said. “We struggle as it is. I don’t know how we would pay all the bills, eat and keep warm enough.” Labour city councillor for Norwich's Town Close ward, Karen Davies, said she had also noticed a rise in more middle class people needing help.

Published: 11:34 AM January 22, 2021    Updated: 2:23 PM January 22, 2021 Diss is one of the towns where infection rates increased in the week up to January 16 - Credit: Sonya Duncan Despite some large falls in coronavirus cases this month, the virus is still on the rise in more than one-third of all areas in Norfolk. Since the week the national lockdown began, on January 5, infections have fallen by 10pc across Norfolk and 20pc in Suffolk. Cases are falling in every council area, but many individual neighbourhoods are still seeing big increases and there were almost 7,000 new cases repor...

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...