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The Southampton and Hampshire areas with the highest Covid rates and cases THESE are the areas of Southampton and Hampshire that have recorded the highest amount of Covid cases according to the latest Government figures. It’s been almost 10 weeks since the latest lockdown was introduced on January 5, and cases have dropped significantly across the area. As well as this, the impact of the lockdown on cases and rates, as well as the vaccine rollout, has meant a huge reduction in the number of recorded infections. A map on the government website using data from Public Health England breaks down the number of coronavirus cases into neighbourhoods called Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs), which are smaller than council wards and based on population rather than geographical area.
However, there is also another area within Southampton that is on the verge of becoming a hotspot Regents Park and Millbrook East has a current infection rate of 794.8 per 100,000 people - just 5.2 off being a hotspot . And case rates have seen a dramatic rise, with new cases climbing by 41.9% to 61.
The latest data from Public Health England The map uses data from Public Health England to show potential virus hotspots in the country. It is divided into Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs), which are areas with an average population of 7,200. It then colour-codes MSOAs depending on their seven day rolling infection rate, with areas placed into the boundaries of 0-9 (yellow), 10-49 (light green), 50-99 (dark green), 100-199 (light blue), 200-399 (dark blue), 400 to 799 (light purple) and 800 plus (dark purple).