MAIL readers reacted after it was revealed Cumbria had experienced its worst week so far for new Covid-19 infections. In the week ending January 8, 3,489 people tested positive for Covid-19 – a 39 per cent rise on the previous week. Colin Cox, Cumbria’s director of public health, said: “We remain in an extremely serious situation. “In the very latest provisional data, there are some early signs that the rate of increase in new infections may be slowing, but the infection rate is still very high. “Even if that trend continues, we can expect the very high numbers of people requiring hospital care, and increasing deaths, to continue for some weeks.