Is YOUR area a Covid hotspot? Map reveals worst-hit boroughs
Is YOUR area a Covid hotspot? Interactive map reveals worst-hit boroughs across UK – as virus continues to fizzle out
- ONS data shows 940,700 people were infected with Covid on any given day in the week ending November 8
- Down 29% on the previous week and marked the first time cases dipped bellow 1million since mid-September
- Sarah Crofts, deputy director for Covid-19 Infection Survey Analysis, says the continued fall is ‘reassuring’
England’s Covid wave has continued to crash for the second week in a row, official data shows.
Office for National Statistics (ONS) experts estimate 940,700 people were infected on any given day in the week ending November 8. It means around one in 60 people had the virus during the week.
It was down 29 per cent on the previous week and marked the first time cases dipped bellow 1million since mid-September.
Infections also fell in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with cases down in all regions and age groups in England.
Experts hailed the continued trends as ‘reassuring’ but warned it ‘may be too soon to say the recent wave of infections is behind us’.
Some have warned of a triple-threat to the health service this winter, with the joint workload of Covid and flu set to be made even harder to deal with as NHS staff strike across the country.
Office for National Statistics ( ONS ) experts estimate 940,700 people were infected on any given day in the week ending November 8. It means around one in 60 people had the virus during the week. It was down 29 per cent on the previous week and marked the first time cases dipped bellow 1million since mid-September
Covid infections also fell in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with cases down for the second week in a row in all four nations of the UK
In England, Covid was least prevalent in London, where just 1.5 per cent of the population were infected during the week. It was followed by the West Midlands and South East (both 1.6 per cent) and the East of England, East Midlands and North East (1.8 per cent). The North West was the worst affected region in the country, with 2 per cent of people infected during the week — one in 50
Sarah Crofts, deputy director for Covid-19 Infection Survey Analysis, said: ‘Though it may be too soon to say the recent wave of infections is behind us, we have seen a decrease across the whole of the UK for a second week.
‘Infections in England are now under a million and at the lowest rate in seven weeks. We’ve also seen a decrease across every English region, and in every age group.
‘Whilst it is reassuring to see these decreases, we will continue to monitor the data closely over the winter months.’
The data shows infections fell 9 per cent to 97,500 in Scotland during the same week. They dropped 14 per cent in Northern Ireland to 34,200 and 23 per cent to 56,000 in Wales.
In England, Covid was least prevalent in London, where just 1.5 per cent of the population were infected during the week.
It was followed by the West Midlands and South East (both 1.6 per cent) and the East of England, East Midlands and North East (1.8 per cent).
The North West was the worst affected region in the country, with 2 per cent of people infected during the week — one in 50.
Primary school children were the age group that were least affected by the virus, with just 0.9 per cent of them infected.
They were followed by children aged 11 to 16 (1.2 per cent) and 17- t0 34-year-olds (1.6 per cent). Covid was most prevalent in adults aged 50 to 69, where 2 per cent of the population were infected.
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