Peterborough and Luton among top 10 areas with highest Covid-19 rates

Kettering, Braintree and Northampton fall in the top 20 Credit: PA Images

Peterborough and Luton are among the top 10 local authorities with the highest rates of Covid-19.

The figures, for the seven days to July 13, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government's testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).

  • ITV News Anglia's Rob Setchell spoke to Cllr Wayne Fitzgerald, Peterborough City Council's Deputy Leader, about the area's increased rate

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

Peterborough is ranked 8th on the list - the infection rate there has increased from 21.4 to 29.3 in the seven days to July 13. The council has opened a new testing facility at the Gladstone Park community centre to make it easier for people to get checked. 

Peterborough city centre Credit: ITV Anglia

Meanwhile, Luton comes in at number 10. There, coronavirus rates are up from 14.9 to 27.6.

Kettering, Braintree and Northampton fall in the top 20 local authorities with the highest rates or coronavirus, they're ranked 12th, 13th and 15th respectively.

The top 20 local authorities with the highest rates of coronavirus (rates of new cases in the seven days to July 13 are followed by the equivalent figure for the previous seven days):

1. Leicester 99.7, 126.7

2. Pendle 65.6, 28.4

3. Blackburn with Darwen 48.3, 36.3

4. Herefordshire 43.2, 3.1

5. Bradford 35.4, 36.7

6. Oadby and Wigston 31.5, 36.8

7. Rochdale 30.0, 35.9

8. Peterborough 29.3, 21.4

9. East Staffordshire 28.7, 7.6

10. Luton 27.6, 14.9

11. Kirklees 27.1, 34.4

12. Kettering 24.7, 15.8

13. Braintree 23.8, 4.0

14. Calderdale 20.9, 11.4

15. Northampton 20.9, 23.1

16. Eastbourne 20.4, 10.7

17. Wakefield 20.0, 14.8

18. Rotherham 19.3, 17.4

19. Dartford 16.4, 12.8

20. Carlisle 15.7, 24.9

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