Picture: UK GOVERNMENT THE latest Covid infection rates for the North-East and North Yorkshire has been listed by each postcode area - as the majority of the region sees a fall in cases. Latest Public Health England data, published on February 2, shows where exactly cases are up and down as we mark the first month in the third lockdown. The figures, which show the picture in the seven days to January 30, compared to January 13, has revealed where exactly cases have surged. Across County Durham, Darlington, Teesside and North Yorkshire, some areas have seen a huge spike with cases doubling in the space of a week.
Covid infection rate: 279.5 cases per 100,000 people Covid cases are DOWN 19.2 per cent
Great Ayton & Stokesley Covid-19 infection rate: 323.9 cases per 100,000 people Cases are UP 4.2 per cent
Rudby & Ingleby Covid-19 infection rate: 230.8 cases per 100,000 people Cases are DOWN 28.6 per cent
Brompton, Appleton & Thimbleby Covid-19 infection rate: 285.8 cases per 100,000 people Cases are UP 0 per cent
Northallerton Covid-19 infection rate: 363.3 cases per 100,000 people Cases are DOWN 16.9 per cent
Northallerton South & Leeming Bar Covid-19 infection rate: 198 cases per 100,000 people Cases are DOWN 42.3 per cent
Bedale & Snape Covid-19 infection rate: 336.8 cases per 100,000 people Cases are DOWN 17.9 per cent
Leeming, Pickhill & Thornton Covid-19 infection rate: 217 cases per 100,000 people
THE remote Upper Dales area of North Yorkshire now has the worst rate of Covid infections in the county, the latest data from Public Health England shows. For the seven days up to January 5, the rolling rate of infections in the area, which includes the towns of Reeth and Hawes, was 1,039 per 100,000 people. The current UK average rolling rate is 614.1. The Upper Dales have seen 62 cases in that period, a rise of 44 (244.4 per cent). Neighbouring Grassington, Upper Wharfedale and Gargrave has a rolling rate of 908.9, with 46 cases in the seven days up to January 5, an increase of 20 (76.9 per cent). The figures come as vaccinations against coronavirus were ramped up with the opening of mass injection centres, but pleas have been made to the public to stick to the lockdown rules to prevent avoidable deaths.