COLCHESTER S average Covid infection rate has more than doubled in a week, the latest figures show. Data from the week to May 9 shows the average infection rate across the borough was 19 cases per 100,000 people. This is because there were 37 cases of Covid confirmed during this week. The rate has increased from 9.2 cases per 100,000 people a week earlier, when there were 18 cases in seven days. Although the rate remains low, there are now also five areas of the town included on the Government s hotspots map. This is the largest number seen since the beginning of April. The other 15 areas continue to have less than three cases, meaning the virus is classed as suppressed in these parts of the town.