Yahoo Finance London Covid cases by borough revealed as coronavirus infections continue to fall
Covid-19 cases are tumbling in London with five boroughs seeing a seven-day rate of less than 30 confirmed new infections per 100,000 in a week, official figures reveal today.
They show the lowest seven-day rate was in Lewisham, on 23.9, in the week to March 3.
Bromley had a rate of 25.6, Islington 26, Camden 28.9 and Haringey 29.4.
The figures show:
London’s seven-day rate fell to 45 as of March 3, down 36.5 per cent in a week.
Twenty-three boroughs have a rate below 50, with 13 below 40.
Haringey saw the biggest fall in confirmed cases, down 52.7 per cent in the week to March 3, followed by Bexley down 52.4 per cent and Bromley down 52.2 per cent.
Cases fell by at least a third in a week in 22 boroughs.
The speed of the disease’s retreat in London, and some other parts of the country, has led some MPs to question whether lockdown should be eased more quickly.
However, the Government has adopted a policy of lifting restrictions on a national basis, despite significant variations in the level of the virus across the country, with the seven-day rate in Barnsley still at 156.4 as of March 3, Leicester 154.4, Boston 151.1 and South Derbyshire 149.2.
Public health chief in the capital are urging Londoners to continue to follow the rules to drive down cases further, with lockdown having started to be eased yesterday with the re-opening of schools.
The real number of cases is significantly higher than confirmed infections, partly because so many people have the virus asymptomatically.
Gradually lifting the restrictions is set to put upward pressure on case numbers and scientists, health chiefs and ministers will closely watch the impact on Covid hospitalisations rise, with the vaccine roll-out expected to reduce them to a large extent.
The detailed figures for London show:
In Haringey, there were 79 cases in the week to March 3, down 88 (52.7%) to a seven-day rate of 29.4
Bexley 81 cases, down 89 (52.4%) rate 32.6
Bromley 85 cases, down 93 (52.2%) rate 25.6
Hammersmith and Fulham 92 cases, down 78 (45.9%) rate 49.7
Hackney and City of London 93 cases, down 78 (45.6%) rate 32
Lewisham 73 cases, down 59 (44.7%) rate 23.9
Islington 63 cases, down 50 (44.2%) rate 26
Hounslow 196 cases, down 149 (43.2%) rate 72.2
Sutton 101 cases, down 75 (42.6%) rate 48.9
Harrow 148 cases, down 104 (41.3%) rate 58.9
Havering 106 cases, down 74 (41.1%) rate 40.8
Camden 78 cases, down 54 (40.9%) rate 28.9
Ealing 256 cases, down 174 (40.5%) rate 74.9
Southwark 96 cases, down 62 (39.2%) rate 30.1
Barnet 183 cases, down 115 (38.6%) rate 46.2
Croydon 187 cases, down 114 (37.9%) rate 48.4
Brent 204 cases, down 116 (36.3%) rate 61.9
Barking and Dagenham 131 cases, down 72 (35.5%) rate 61.5
Tower Hamlets 117 cases, down 61 (34.3%) rate 36
Merton 115 cases, down 60 (34.3%) rate 55.7
Enfield 125 cases, down 65 (34.2%) rate 37.4
Redbridge 153 cases, down 79 (34.1%) rate 50.1
Richmond 80 cases, down 35 (30.4%) rate 40.4
Lambeth 134 cases, down 54 (28.7%) rate 41.1
Hillingdon 223 cases, down 86 (27.8%) rate 72.7
Greenwich 132 cases, down 49 (27.1%) rate 45.8
Kingston 69 cases, down 23 (25%) rate 38.9
Kensington and Chelsea 53 cases, down 16 (23.2%) rate 33.9
Westminster 97 cases, down 28 (22.4%) rate 37.1
Wandsworth 155 cases, down 41 (20.9%) rate 47
Newham 196 cases, down 50 (20.3%) rate 55.5
Waltham Forest 128 cases, down 25 (16.3%) rate 46.2
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