How many new COVID cases are there in my region? (PA Images / Flourish)
This map shows how many new coronavirus cases there are in your area.
The latest government figures show the average number of new cases per 100,000 people in the last seven days for which data are available, in this case on Jan. 22.
The data for the days thereafter are incomplete and are likely to change.
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The latest data shows that Merseyside’s Knowsley has the highest 7-day rolling rate of new infections at 881.6 new cases per 100,000 people.
That’s a slight decrease from 901.5 per 100,000 on Tuesday.
Sandwell in the West Midlands has the second highest rate at 811.7 per 100,000, followed by Slough in Berkshire at 757.
Compared to the previous seven non-overlapping days, the rate of new infections is increasing in 29 of the UK’s 380 low-ranking government.
The rate has decreased in the remaining 351 areas compared to the previous seven-day period, which is an encouraging sign that the lockdown is gradually reducing the number of cases.
At a press conference on Downing Street on Wednesday, England’s scientific adviser said Lockdown “worked”.
Sir Patrick Vallance said infections “slowed down” but warned that it could take “weeks” for the virus to sink to very low levels.
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He said that with one in 55 people currently estimated to have coronavirus, the country remains in a “difficult position”.
He said, “Although things have slowed down and we are actually on a plateau or possibly losing weight across the country, that is not the case everywhere.
“In some cases there is still some growth.
“So we are in a position where the locks have been working, they have slowed this down, they have reached a position where it has plateaued and is gradually decreasing – and we see that in some cases we are starting this See that with hospital admissions and we’re starting to see that with deaths – but it’s still early days.
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Boris Johnson announced today that the lockdown measures in England will remain in effect until March 8th at the earliest.
In the House of Commons, he confirmed that the hopes of all students to return to class after mid-term in February had been given up as the fight against the coronavirus remained “dangerous”.
Government figures showed an additional 1,725 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19 at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, bringing the UK total to 101,887, while there were another 25,308 laboratory-confirmed cases.
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