Coronavirus infection rates have started to rise again in some Suffolk and north Essex districts with case numbers especially high in Haverhill, Ipswich.
Coronavirus infection rates have started to rise again in some Suffolk and north Essex districts with case numbers especially high in Haverhill, Ipswich.
Government data has revealed how many Covid cases are in each neighbourhood
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Latest government data has revealed 116 postcodes in Suffolk and north Essex have either zero or very few coronavirus cases.
Data in the week up to April 20 has broken down Covid positive tests by neighbourhoods known as Middle-layer Super Output Areas (MSOAs), which consist of around 8,000 people on average.
Only MSOAs with three or more cases are included in the dataset.
Clacton Central has the highest seven-day infection rate in the region at 97.5 cases per 100,000 people after reporting seven cases in the last week.
Halesworth and Wangford s infection rate is the highest in Suffolk at 83.3 after six more cases were reported.
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Coronavirus infections are shrinking in Suffolk and north Essex - and there are some neighbourhoods yet to report any new cases so far in February.
Figures published on Saturday reveal there were nine areas of Suffolk recording fewer than three Covid infections in the week to February 8.
Our map below shows the latest number of Covid cases reported per 100,000 people for each MSOA area. These small neighbourhoods are made up of approximately 7,200 people.
The areas yet to report a single new case are scattered across Suffolk, featuring neighbourhoods in the west, east, mid and northern parts of the county. Every area of north Essex reported new Covid cases in the same time frame.