The areas of Basingstoke and Deane with the highest and lowest vaccine take-up have been revealed. The area of Basingstoke where vaccine take-up is highest has been revealed. Data released by NHS England reveals that the areas of Oakley and Kempshott have the highest number of adults to have taken a least one dose of a Covid vaccine - with almost three quarters of the population there having had at least one dose of a Covid jab. Meanwhile, Kings Furlong and the Basingstoke Central, Black Dam and Eastrop areas have the lowest take-up of vaccines, with less than one in two adults having had their first dose so far.
The new ward boundaries mean no one is certain where the pieces will fall. New battle lines will be drawn tomorrow as the town’s politicians prepare to fight the first elections with new ward boundaries. As part of cost-cutting measures, the number of councillors on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council will be cut from 60 to 54. With that, comes changes in the boundaries of each ward, changing the battlegrounds for the first time since 2008. Therefore, it is hard to anticipate how exactly the results will go. But as ever in elections, certain parties will be more popular in certain areas, and by looking at historic results in the predecessor wards, we can predict which wards may be closest fought.
AN INTERACTIVE map has revealed the places in Basingstoke and Deane that has the highest number of Covid cases. In the seven days to February 21, Kings Furlong saw the highest number of new cases, at 11 - up eight from the previous week. Bramley, Sherfield & the Sherbornes also saw 11 new cases in the same period - up by five on the week before. The third highest rate was in South Ham, which saw eight new cases - however this was five cases fewer than the previous week. The interactive map on the government website shows just how many people have tested positive for the virus in each area of the county over the seven-day period.