Interactive map shows how Covid infection rates have changed across Southampton since January COVID-19 infections rates across Southampton are continuing to drop after the country was placed into a third lockdown, data shows. An interactive Government map has revealed that as lockdown began on January 5 Southampton had 12 hotspots - with those areas having infection rates of more than 800, which equates to one in every 125 residents suffering from the virus. Most of the city has now seen rates decrease by around 85%, with four areas recording fewer than three cases each as part of the latest data for the seven days to March 2.
City hotspots begin to vanish, but high infection rates remain THE number of hotspots in Southampton has dropped from 12 to three since the start of lockdown, an interactive Government map has shown. According to latest data, which is supplied by Public Health England, those three areas of Bitterne South, Coxford and Lordshill, and Maybush all have infection rates of over 800 per 100,000 people, which the Government classes as a hotspot . This means that, in the seven days to January 10, more than one in every 125 residents had coronavirus. In Bitterne South, the area has seen a 10.7 drop in cases in that week time period, with 50 reported according to the latest data.
The data for the week up to January 5 The map uses data from Public Health England to show potential virus hotspots in the country. It is divided into Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs), which are areas with an average population of 7,200. The map colour-codes MSOAs depending on their seven day rolling rate, with areas placed into the boundaries of 0-10, 11-50, 51-100, 101-200, 201-400, 400 to 799 and 800 plus. Places with a high MSOA rate appear on the map in light purple (400 to 799) or dark purple (800 plus). The areas no longer classed as hotspots, but were in the seven-day period to January 5, were: Bitterne East, Bitterne West, Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams, Freemantle, Hollybrook, Redbridge and Millbrook West, and Sholing East.