By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
Covid cases were near zero in nearly all parts of Enfield and Haringey (Image: Canva/Pixabay) Cases of coronavirus were around zero in nearly all parts of Enfield and Haringey in the week after lockdown restrictions on socialising were eased. The Covid-19 infection rates in both boroughs dropped to below 20 new cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to April 7. Upper Edmonton East and Meridian Water was the worst-affected part of Enfield, with just seven cases of the virus. Chase Farm and The Ridgeway, Carterhatch and Forty Hall and Ponders End South recorded three cases, while the rest of the borough saw fewer than three cases of the virus.
Covid cases near zero in almost all of Enfield and Haringey enfieldindependent.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from enfieldindependent.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Haringey was down 2.3pc on the week before and Camden was down 3.1pc.
It was the first time Camden’s infection rate had dropped, week-on-week, since December 5, and the first time Haringey’s had fallen since November 27.
The local picture
But the decrease is not happening everywhere. In Camden, cases were up by 23.3pc in Abbey Road, 20.4pc in the Caledonian Road area, 14pc in the Fitzjohns and Royal Free area, and 6.1pc in Hampstead town.
But in South Hampstead cases were down 28.6pc and in West Hampstead they had fallen by 12.1pc. Tufnell Park West had seen infections plummet by 57.8pc.