New coronavirus cases in the Anglia region highest since May

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Nearly 300 more people in the Anglia region have been tested positive for Covid-19 in the Anglia region, which is the highest daily figure since May.

Public Health England reported on Wednesday there were 286 new cases in the area. It brings the weekly total of positive tests to 1,325 which is an increase of 13% compared to the 1,175 cases reported during the previous week.

Although the weekly cases have started to rise again after a few days of falling numbers, the rate of new infections in the Anglia region is not occurring as rapidly as nationally.

Across the UK there were an addition 6,178 new cases reported on Wednesday compared to 4,926 reported on Tuesday. The week-on-week increase nationally is 37%.

New coronavirus cases in the Anglia region reported on 23 September

  • Bedfordshire - 49

  • Cambridgeshire - 27

  • Essex - 77

  • Hertfordshire - 53

  • Milton Keynes - 14

  • Norfolk - 24

  • Northamptonshire - 32

  • Rutland - 2

  • Suffolk - 8

Bedfordshire is the three unitary areas of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton. Cambridgeshire includes Peterborough and Essex includes Southend and Thurrock.

The latest weekly data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveals that 6,104 people have died with coronavirus in the Anglia region.

The weekly numbers have been declining each week since the peak of the pandemic in mid April.

The graph shows how the number of people dying with coronavirus in the Anglia region has declined since the peak of the pandemic in April. Credit: Data from the Office of National Statistics

The information from the ONS is subject to a delay as it relies on the registrations of deaths so the figures it published this week are for the period up to 11 September.

The ONS reported four deaths in the latest week of data to 11 September in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire.

Since then, the Care Quality Commission has reported a further three deaths in care home in Cambridgeshire, Essex and Norfolk.

Hospitals in the region have also reported an additional five deaths of patients since 12th September.

The map show the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the Anglia region since the start of the pandemic Credit: Data from the Office of National Statistics, the Care Quality Commission and the NHS

Here is Wednesday's update of the rolling seven-day rate of new cases of Covid-19 for every local authority area in the Anglia region.

The figures, for the seven days to September 20, 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 people. The list has been calculated by the PA news agency and is based on Public Health England data published on 23 September on the Government's coronavirus dashboard. Data for the most recent three days (September 21-23) has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be revised.

Bolton continues to record the highest rate in England with 612 new cases were recorded in the seven days to September 20 - the equivalent of 212.8 per 100,000 people.

The highest rate in the Anglia region is in Luton with 43.2 cases per 100,000 people. North Norfolk and East Cambridgeshire are currently recording the lowest infection rates in England.

Coronavirus cases per 100,000 people in each local authority area in the Anglia region in the seven days to 20 September with the previous week in brackets

  • Luton 43.2 (27.7) - rising

  • Broxbourne 41.1 (16.4) - rising

  • Hertsmere 40.0 (34.3) - rising

  • Epping Forest 33.4 (12.9) - rising

  • St Albans 31.0 (40.4) - falling

  • Corby 30.5 (41.5) - falling

  • Bedford 28.3 (21.9) - rising

  • Harborough 26.7 (29.8) - falling

  • Brentwood 26.0 (14.3) - rising

  • Watford 24.9 (19.7) - rising

  • Castle Point 24.3 (29.9) - falling

  • Stevenage 22.8 (36.4) - falling

  • Northampton 21.8 (40.1) - falling

  • Three Rivers 21.4 (16.1) - rising

  • Wellingborough 21.3 (30.1) - falling

  • Great Yarmouth 20.1 (15.1) - rising

  • Uttlesford 19.7 (6.6) - rising

  • Harlow 19.5 (10.3) - rising

  • Kettering 17.7 (37.3) - falling

  • Central Bedfordshire 17.7 (12.8) - falling

  • Basildon 17.1 (16.6) - rising

  • Southend-on-Sea 16.9 (15.3) - rising

  • South Kesteven 16.9 (22.5) - falling

  • East Hertfordshire 16.7 (9.3) - rising

  • Milton Keynes 16.3 (12.6) - rising

  • Peterborough 15.3 (27.7) - falling

  • Rochford 14.9 (12.6) - rising

  • Welwyn Hatfield 14.6 (30.9) - falling

  • Aylesbury Vale 14.5 (9.0) - rising

  • North Hertfordshire 14.2 (16.5) - falling

  • Norwich 13.5 (10.7) - rising

  • West Suffolk 13.4 (17.3) - falling

  • Colchester 13.4 (8.7) - rising

  • Daventry 12.8 (16.3) - falling

  • Rutland 12.5 (12.5) - static

  • Thurrock 12.0 (12.0) - static

  • Dacorum 11.6 (8.4) - rising

  • East Northamptonshire 10.6 (18.0) - falling

  • King's Lynn and West Norfolk 10.6 (5.9) - rising

  • Chelmsford 10.1 (9.5) - rising

  • South Northamptonshire 9.5 (12.7) - falling

  • South Cambridgeshire 9.4 (10.7) - falling

  • Cambridge 8.8 (11.2) - falling

  • Huntingdonshire 8.4 (14.6) - falling

  • Broadland 8.4 (7.6) - rising

  • Maldon 7.7 (3.1) - rising

  • South Norfolk 7.1 (7.1) - static

  • Fenland 6.9 (11.8) - falling

  • Tendring 6.8 (2.7) - falling

  • Ipswich 6.6 (7.3) - falling

  • Braintree 6.6 (3.9) - rising

  • Breckland 6.4 (14.3) - falling

  • Babergh 4.3 (2.2) - falling

  • East Suffolk 4.0 (8.4) - falling

  • Mid Suffolk 3.9 (6.7) - falling

  • South Holland 3.2 (14.7) - falling

  • East Cambridgeshire 1.1 (3.3) - falling

  • North Norfolk 1.0 (1.0) - static