As more Covid-19 test results are revealed find out the number of cases near you

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As the results of more local coronavirus test results are added to the official figures for the first time, the number of coronavirus cases known about in the Anglia region has risen by nearly 10,000.

There have been more than 27,000 positive tests for coronavirus in the Anglia region which is 387 per 100,000 people in the population. That compares with 436 confirmed cases per 100,000 people in England as a whole.

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The information shows that the Covid-19 pandemic has hit some areas of the Anglia region much harder than others.

Here is a county-by-county breakdown for the Anglia region.

The maps below show the coronavirus deaths and confirmed cases per 100,000 population for each district, borough or city area of the Anglia region.

  • BEDFORDSHIRE & MILTON KEYNES

Bedfordshire has seen 93 deaths per 100,000 in the population and 566 cases per 100,000. Credit: Data from the Office of National Statistics and Public Health England

According to the Office of National Statistics, 624 people have died in Bedfordshire with coronavirus since the start of the pandemic until 19th June.

That is 93 deaths per 100,000 people in the population. There have been 566 confirmed cases per 100,000.

The county has the highest infection rate and death rate in the Anglia region.

In the unitary council area of Milton Keynes, 195 people have died since the start of the outbreak, which is 73 deaths per 100,000. There have been 316 confirmed cases per 100,000.

Bedford has the highest coronavirus infection rate in the south of England

Bedfordshire is defined as the three unitary areas of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton.

  • CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Cambridgeshire, including Peterborough, has seen 57 deaths per 100,000 and 401 confirmed cases per 100,000. Credit: Data from the Office of National Statistics and Public Health England

Cambridgeshire, including the unitary area of Peterborough, is among the areas in the Anglia region with the lowest rate of infection with coronavirus.

In total, 487 have died in the county with coronavirus which is 57 deaths per 100,000 in the population. There have been 401 confirmed cases per 100,000.

In terms of the number of confirmed cases, Peterborough has among the highest infection rates in the East of England after Bedford and Luton.

  • ESSEX

Essex has seen 90 deaths per 100,000 in the population and 354 confirmed cases per 100,000. Credit: Data from the Office of National Statistics and Public Health England

Essex, along with Milton Keynes, were the first places in the Anglia region to record a death from coronavirus. A patient died at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford on 2nd March.

Since then the highest number of people dying with the illness of anywhere in the Eastern Counties with 1,654 people passing away up to 19th June.

Essex has seen 90 deaths per 100,000 in the population and 354 confirmed cases per 100,000.

The Essex figures have been calculated including the unitary areas of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock.

  • HERTFORDSHIRE

Hertfordshire has seen 89 deaths per 100,000 in the population and 343 confirmed cases per 100,000. Credit: Data from the Office of National Statistics and Public Health England

According to the Office of National Statistics, 1,058 people had died with coronavirus in the county up to 19th June.

Hertfordshire has seen the highest number of deaths in care homes of any county in the Anglia region with 276.

Hertfordshire has seen 89 deaths per 100,000 in the population and 343 confirmed cases per 100,000.

  • NORFOLK

Norfolk has seen 53 deaths per 100,000 in the population and 314 confirmed cases per 100,000. Credit: Data from the Office of National Statistics and Public Health England

Norfolk has seen the lowest death rate in the Anglia region in this pandemic.

Norfolk has seen 53 deaths per 100,000 in the population and 314 confirmed cases per 100,000.

The city of Norwich has recorded 24 people dying with Covid-19 since the start of the outbreak which is 17 deaths per 100,000 in the population, among the lowest death rates in the country.

In sharp contrast, the King's Lynn & West Norfolk area has one of the highest infection rates in the whole of the Anglia region with 558 confirmed cases per 100,000 people. The death rate in that district is also the highest in the county with 92 deaths for every 100,000 people.

  • NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Northamptonshire has seen 92 deaths per 100,000 in the population and 415 confirmed cases per 100,000. Credit: Data from the Office of National Statistics and Public Health England

There were concerns among health officials in Northamptonshire that the impact of coronavirus in the county was not declining as fast as other areas in the UK.

Northamptonshire has seen 92 deaths per 100,000 in the population and 415 confirmed cases per 100,000.

The county where coronavirus cases are failing to fall as fast as elsewhere

  • SUFFOLK

Suffolk has seen 72 deaths per 100,000 in the population and 343 confirmed cases per 100,000. Credit: Data from the Office of National Statistics and Public Health England

Suffolk is home to the Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who is the MP for West Suffolk.

The county has seen 548 people dying with coronavirus since the start of the pandemic until 19th June. That is 72 deaths per 100,000 in the population and there have been 343 confirmed cases per 100,000.

  • The most recently released data from the Office of National Statistics records deaths up to the 19th June and in this article, no adjustment in the death rate has been made for the age profile of the population in each area, unless stated.

  • The figures for confirmed cases of coronavirus are announced every day by Public Health England and the figures used in this article relate to confirmed cases published on Thursday 2nd July when Pillar 2 data was added to local figures for the first time.

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