Coronavirus: Peterborough’s rate of new cases has decreased but remains a concern

Today’s update of the rolling seven-day rate of new cases of Covid-19 shows that many areas have now overtaken the city and Peterborough ranks as the 19th highest in the country - it had been in the top ten all last week.

The figures show Peterborough currently has a new case rate of 20.9 per 100,000 but this is down from a level as high as 35.8.

The figures, for the seven days to July 18, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government’s testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).

The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 population.

Last week, when new case rates were at a similar level, Peterborough’s Director of Public Health Dr Liz Robin said: “The figures show we have a high rate of cases compared to the national average.

“These are community cases - it is not about people turning up to hospital, these are people who have turned up at the testing centres, or who have ordered tests online.

“They are tending to be people of a working age.

“This is a concern, and all our residents need to be aware about this. COVID 19 has not gone away anywhere in Peterborough and we all need to work together in the community to bring it under control.

“Residents need to continue to socially distance - two metres or one metre with mitigation, people need to continue to wash their hands.

“The new rules for face coverings in shops and on public transport are to be welcomed.

“It is also vital that people go and get a test if they are showing symptoms, and stay at home, with your household, if you test positive. The only reason to go out if you have symptoms is to get a test.”

Data for the most recent three days (July 19-21) has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be revised.

In Blackburn with Darwen, the rate has jumped from 47.7 in the seven days to July 11 to 78.6 in the seven days to July 18, with 117 new cases recorded.

Second on the list is Leicester, where the rate has gone down from 125.6 to 73.8, and where 262 new cases have been recorded.

Other areas reporting notable week-on-week jumps include:

- Oadby and Wigston (up from 38.6 to 68.4, with 39 new cases recorded in the seven days to July 18)

- Rochdale (up from 40.5 to 46.8, with 103 new cases)

- Hyndburn (up from 4.9 to 32.2, with 26 new cases)

- Sandwell (up from 8.6 to 22.3, with 73 new cases)

The list is based on Public Health England figures updated on July 21 on the Government’s coronavirus online dashboard.

Here is the list in full, showing the rate of new cases in the seven days to July 18, followed by the equivalent figure for the previous seven days to July 11.

Blackburn with Darwen 78.6 47.7

Leicester 73.8 125.6

Oadby and Wigston 68.4 38.6

Rochdale 46.8 40.5

Bradford 41.1 36.1

Eden 34.0 7.6

Hyndburn 32.2 4.9

Pendle 30.6 79.9

Luton 29.4 23.8

Kirklees 28.3 30.1

Northampton 27.1 22.7

Carlisle 24.0 21.2

Herefordshire 23.9 37.5

Rotherham 23.4 16.6

Sandwell 22.3 8.6

Eastbourne 22.3 24.2

Ashford 21.7 11.6

Calderdale 20.9 21.4

Peterborough 20.9 35.8

Wakefield 20.0 16.8

Gravesham 18.8 10.3

East Staffordshire 16.9 28.7

Braintree 16.5 21.8

Corby 15.5 9.9

Bedford 15.1 8.7

Hackney and City of London 14.9 6.6

Oldham 14.9 17.4

Kettering 13.8 24.7

Barnsley 13.1 11.0

Dartford 12.8 17.3

Manchester 12.6 13.3

Thanet 12.0 14.8

Sheffield 11.8 13.6

Birmingham 11.5 6.6

Burnley 11.3 12.4

Bolton 11.2 17.5

Blaby 11.0 14.9

North Warwickshire 10.8 0.0

Telford and Wrekin 10.7 3.9

Salford 10.6 14.5

Walsall 10.6 8.1

Preston 10.6 8.5

Rutland 10.1 7.6

Fylde 10.0 11.3

Bury 9.5 3.7

Southend-on-Sea 9.3 6.6

Canterbury 9.1 7.9

Trafford 8.9 7.2

Solihull 8.8 4.7

East Northamptonshire 8.5 16.0

Watford 8.3 3.1

Sefton 8.0 6.5

Dover 7.7 11.1

West Lindsey 7.4 5.3

Swindon 7.2 5.9

Stockport 7.2 5.1

Daventry 7.1 2.4

Doncaster 7.1 6.8

Rossendale 7.1 7.1

Nuneaton and Bedworth 7.0 15.5

Fenland 6.9 5.9

Derby 6.6 7.8

Newark and Sherwood 6.6 0.8

Newham 6.5 3.1

Harborough 6.5 14.1

Maidstone 6.5 1.2

Barnet 6.4 3.6

South Cambridgeshire 6.3 5.7

Central Bedfordshire 6.3 4.6

Wellingborough 6.3 6.3

Coventry 6.3 3.8

Hinckley and Bosworth 6.2 5.3

Havering 6.2 3.9

Huntingdonshire 6.2 1.7

Tendring 6.2 3.4

Cheshire West and Chester 6.2 10.6

Allerdale 6.2 2.1

Reading 6.1 4.9

Charnwood 6.0 14.2

Bassetlaw 6.0 6.8

Leeds 6.0 8.2

Redbridge 5.9 4.3

Melton 5.9 9.8

Middlesbrough 5.7 2.1

Wealden 5.6 6.9

Uttlesford 5.6 0.0

Cheshire East 5.5 3.

Wandsworth 5.5 4.3

Mansfield 5.5 0.0

Worthing 5.5 2.7

St Albans 5.4 13.6

Waltham Forest 5.4 3.3

Basildon 5.4 7.5

Craven 5.3 0.0

Brentwood 5.2 7.8

Bromsgrove 5.1 2.0

Lincoln 5.0 5.0

Sevenoaks 5.0 5.0

Hull 5.0 1.9

Chichester 5.0 1.7

Wolverhampton 5.0 3.4

Woking 4.9 10.9

Hillingdon 4.9 4.9

North West Leicestershire 4.9 10.8

Bexley 4.9 6.9

Lichfield 4.8 2.9

Haringey 4.8 4.8

Enfield 4.8 1.5

South Derbyshire 4.8 1.9

Barking and Dagenham 4.7 2.4

Slough 4.7 6.0

Cherwell 4.7 1.3

Mid Sussex 4.7 2.0

West Oxfordshire 4.6 2.7

Teignbridge 4.5 0.8

Wyre 4.5 3.6

Folkestone and Hythe 4.4 8.0

Castle Point 4.4 4.4

Tameside 4.4 11.1

Hounslow 4.4 4.4

Stafford 4.4 2.2

West Lancashire 4.4 4.4

High Peak 4.3 3.3

Blackpool 4.3 7.2

Wigan 4.3 3.7

Hartlepool 4.3 2.1

Lewisham 4.3 3.3

East Devon 4.2 0.7

Thurrock 4.1 4.1

Swale 4.0 4.0

Knowsley 4.0 3.3

Newcastle upon Tyne 4.0 3.3

Windsor and Maidenhead 4.0 4.0

Tamworth 3.9 5.2

Stoke-on-Trent 3.9 12.9

Lewes 3.9 6.8

Oxford 3.9 9.7

Warrington 3.8 3.8

Tower Hamlets 3.8 7.2

Islington 3.8 2.5

Rugby 3.7 11.2

Crawley 3.6 5.3

Aylesbury Vale 3.5 5.5

Rochford 3.4 4.6

Surrey Heath 3.4 3.4

Nottingham 3.3 2.7

South Northamptonshire 3.2 5.4

Dacorum 3.2 5.2

Liverpool 3.2 5.5

South Holland 3.2 7.4

Amber Valley 3.2 4.7

West Berkshire 3.2 1.9

Westminster 3.1 3.9

North East Lincolnshire 3.1 1.3

Chiltern 3.1 5.2

Maldon 3.1 1.6

Brighton and Hove 3.1 2.4

Newcastle-under-Lyme 3.1 7.0

Exeter 3.1 2.3

Epping Forest 3.1 2.3

Eastleigh 3.0 1.5

Vale of White Horse 3.0 3.7

North East Derbyshire 3.0 1.0

Ealing 2.9 2.9

Merton 2.9 2.9

North Lincolnshire 2.9 2.9

South Lakeland 2.9 1.0

Chesterfield 2.9 4.8

South Bucks 2.9 2.9

Kingston upon Thames 2.8 2.3

Southwark 2.8 3.2

Chelmsford 2.8 1.7

Harrow 2.8 5.2

Derbyshire Dales 2.8 0.0

Lambeth 2.8 4.3

South Ribble 2.7 7.2

East Hertfordshire 2.7 1.4

Broxtowe 2.6 3.5

Somerset West and Taunton 2.6 1.9

Cheltenham 2.6 1.7

Sunderland 2.5 2.5

Arun 2.5 1.3

Epsom and Ewell 2.5 6.3

Harrogate 2.5 5.0

Gateshead 2.5 3.5

Bracknell Forest 2.5 4.1

Sutton 2.4 3.9

Waverley 2.4 0.8

Redditch 2.4 0.0

Halton 2.3 3.9

Gloucester 2.3 1.5

Forest of Dean 2.3 3.5

Harlow 2.3 1.2

Wycombe 2.3 4.0

Camden 2.3 1.5

North Hertfordshire 2.3 2.3

Selby 2.2 4.5

East Cambridgeshire 2.2 0.0

West Suffolk 2.2 1.1

Redcar and Cleveland 2.2 1.5

Babergh 2.2 0.0

Wirral 2.2 5.3

Hastings 2.2 1.1

South Oxfordshire 2.1 6.4

East Lindsey 2.1 2.8

South Gloucestershire 2.1 1.1

Brent 2.1 4.2

Rushmoor 2.1 1.1

Greenwich 2.1 2.8

County Durham 2.1 3.0

Colchester 2.1 1.6

Broxbourne 2.1 7.2

Staffordshire Moorlands 2.0 4.1

Reigate and Banstead 2.0 2.0

Guildford 2.0 2.7

Stockton-on-Tees 2.0 3.5

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2.0 1.5

Spelthorne 2.0 2.0

Wiltshire 2.0 2.8

Wyre Forest 2.0 0.0

Kensington and Chelsea 1.9 2.6

Hertsmere 1.9 3.8

Richmondshire 1.9 1.9

Darlington 1.9 1.9

North Somerset 1.9 2.3

Portsmouth 1.9 3.3

Medway 1.8 5.0

South Staffordshire 1.8 2.7

Mendip 1.7 0.9

Erewash 1.7 3.5

Bristol 1.7 2.4

North Kesteven 1.7 4.3

Fareham 1.7 5.2

Chorley 1.7 1.7

Rushcliffe 1.7 7.6

Tunbridge Wells 1.7 14.4

New Forest 1.7 1.1

St. Helens 1.7 1.7

East Hampshire 1.7 1.7

Cambridge 1.6 4.8

Ashfield 1.6 3.1

Bath and North East Somerset 1.6 1.0

Northumberland 1.6 2.2

Richmond upon Thames 1.5 1.0

Plymouth 1.5 1.9

Bromley 1.5 2.1

Milton Keynes 1.5 2.2

Torbay 1.5 1.5

Elmbridge 1.5 6.6

Copeland 1.5 4.4

Ipswich 1.5 2.2

South Norfolk 1.4 0.7

Boston 1.4 0.0

York 1.4 2.9

Norwich 1.4 2.1

South Kesteven 1.4 4.2

Horsham 1.4 2.1

Warwick 1.4 0.7

Croydon 1.3 3.4

Bolsover 1.3 1.3

Dudley 1.2 2.2

Mid Devon 1.2 2.4

Wokingham 1.2 7.1

Gosport 1.2 3.5

South Hams 1.2 0.0

Tandridge 1.1 5.7

Stevenage 1.1 0.0

Basingstoke and Deane 1.1 0.6

Runnymede 1.1 6.8

Cotswold 1.1 1.1

Hambleton 1.1 1.1

Tewkesbury 1.1 3.2

Hammersmith and Fulham 1.1 3.2

Three Rivers 1.1 4.3

Dorset 1.1 1.9

Rother 1.0 6.3

Worcester 1.0 3.9

North Tyneside 1.0 2.4

North Norfolk 1.0 1.0

Gedling 0.8 1.7

Stroud 0.8 0.8

Welwyn Hatfield 0.8 5.7

East Suffolk 0.8 2.0

Winchester 0.8 1.6

Havant 0.8 1.6

Southampton 0.8 5.1

Wychavon 0.8 7.9

Stratford-on-Avon 0.8 4.7

Broadland 0.8 0.8

Tonbridge and Malling 0.8 0.8

Lancaster 0.7 2.1

South Tyneside 0.7 2.7

Shropshire 0.6 4.1

South Somerset 0.6 0.6

East Riding of Yorkshire 0.6 2.4

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 0.5 1.6

Barrow-in-Furness 0.0 0.0

Breckland 0.0 0.0

Isle of Wight 0.0 0.0

Mid Suffolk 0.0 0.0

North Devon 0.0 0.0

Scarborough 0.0 0.0

West Devon 0.0 0.0

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 0.0 0.7

Great Yarmouth 0.0 1.0

Mole Valley 0.0 1.1

Ryedale 0.0 1.8

Hart 0.0 2.1

Sedgemoor 0.0 2.4

Adur 0.0 3.1

Test Valley 0.0 3.2

Torridge 0.0 4.4

Malvern Hills 0.0 6.4

Ribble Valley 0.0 6.7

Cannock Chase 0.0 11.0