Covid-19: The latest coronavirus infection rate where you live in the Anglia region

Find out the number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people in your part of the Anglia region - based on the latest data published by the UK Health Security Agency on Wednesday 10 August.

New data is now released only a weekly basis rather than daily.

The number of positive coronavirus tests being recorded in the Anglia region is currently running at about 900 per day and is falling again after a period of increase.

The highest number recorded in a single day in the region during the entire pandemic was on Wednesday 29 December 2021 when there were more than 27,850 confirmed Covid cases.

The weekly infection rate is around 90 cases per 100,000 in the Anglia region. The highest infection rate of the pandemic in the region was in early January 2022 when there were 1,975 cases per 100,000.

The latest reported infection rate across England is now around 90 cases per 100,000.

Hospitals in the Anglia region were admitting more than 400 Covid patients a day in January 2021 compared to around 95 a day currently.

The numbers of people dying with Covid-19 are much lower than at the start of 2021. For comparison, there were 8,200 deaths linked to Covid in the Anglia region in the first half of 2021. In the first half of 2022 there were around 2,600 coronavirus deaths in the area.

Find out the infection rate in your part of the Anglia region with the charts below

Bar chart of weekly coronavirus cases per 100,000 in the Anglia region

Hospital admissions are falling again in the Anglia region after a period of increase. There were 776 patients infected with Covid-19 being treated in East of England hospitals on Wednesday 10 August 2022 - 152 fewer than on the same day in the previous week, a decrease of 16%.

In the seven days to Friday 29 July 2022, hospitals in the Anglia region reported 92 coronavirus deaths compared to 117 in the previous week.

About 90% of people over the age of 16 in the region have now been double-jabbed for the coronavirus vaccine and around 75% of the adult population have now had the booster jab.

Graph showing weekly change in confirmed Covid-19 cases in each county in the ITV Anglia region

It is estimated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that one in 30 people in the East of England were infected with coronavirus on 26 July, an decrease from one in 20 people during the previous week. Across England it was estimated that 1 person in 25 was infected during the week ending 26 July.

The most recent estimated R rate for the region was issued on 5 August 2022. It measures how fast the pandemic spreading, and is between 0.7 and 0.9 in the East of England. The previous issued R rate in early July was between 1.0 and 1.3. The current rate means that every 10 people with Covid-19 will pass it on to between seven and nine others.

The growth rate in cases is estimated to be between -2% to -6% in the region. That means that the number of new infections is decreasing by up to 6% every day.

The UK Health Security Agency says the R rate estimates represent the transmission of COVID-19, two to three weeks ago due to the time delay between someone being infected, developing symptoms, and needing healthcare.

Clickable map of weekly coronavirus cases per 100,000 in the Anglia region

You can select areas of the map with your cursor to find out the infection rate in your part of the Anglia region. The darker shades of blue indicate the higher infection rates.

All except seven of the 58 districts in the ITV Anglia region have an infection rate of above 70 cases per 100,000 people.

South Norfolk currently has the highest infection rate in the Anglia region with 138 cases per 100,000 people. Next is Cambridge on 130 followed by North Norfolk with 127.

The lowest case rate in the Anglia region is in Thurrock in Essex with 59 cases per 100,000.

Every day, the UK Health Security Agency releases data on the number of people with positive tests for coronavirus in every local authority area in the Anglia region.

So areas with large populations, like towns and cities, can be compared directly with rural areas with fewer people living there - the infection rate is expressed as the number of Covid cases per 100,000 people.

The figures are presented as a rolling weekly total of cases and are extracted from the government's official coronavirus dashboard. It discounts data from the five most recent days as those figures are incomplete.

Clickable map of weekly coronavirus cases per 100,000 in the Anglia region

You can select areas of the map with your cursor to find out the infection rate in your part of the Anglia region. The darker shades of blue indicate the higher infection rates.

The Anglia region consists of the East of England counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk along with Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes and Rutland

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