Coronavirus hot spots mapped as timelapse video shows how second wave has risen

A time-lapse map has revealed how the coronavirus hot spots in the UK have evolved since the outbreak began earlier this year.

The graph illustrates how a sharp north-south divide in the spread of the deadly virus has developed since the first cases were reported in February.

The timelapse video shows how new infections in the North of England did not fall as low as in the South East after the lockdown, and increased exponentially once it was removed.

The North West region, which includes Greater Manchester, Liverpool and Lancashire, is currently the hardest hit, struggling with a large second spike in cases.

But a new map, released by the government, shows how a cluster has now emerged in Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees as well, with a seven-day infection rate of 400 per 100,000 residents.

The Northeast, so far, has avoided Level 3 restrictions that have ruined neighboring regions.

Leeds, which remains at Level 2, has an infection rate of 413 per 1,000,000 people, a similar figure to Greater Manchester, which is under Level 3 restrictions.

Local authorities in South Wales, such as Cardiff, Caerphilly and Bridgend, also have a worrisome 7-day infection rate of more than 200 per 100,000 people.

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The map also shows elevated cases in Birmingham, Solihull, and Coventry, which are currently at Level 2.

The city of York also has a change rate of 306.2 per 100,000 and cases there have increased 9% in the last week.

The East Riding of Yorkshire has seen a huge increase in cases with more than 776 cases in the seven days since October 21, a massive 60% jump in cases. It now has a sliding rate of 227.5 per 100,000 inhabitants.

New infections are also extremely high in many areas of Northern Ireland, but more remote coastal regions like the Scottish Highlands, West Wales and Cornwall seem to avoid the worst of the resurgence.

More than eight million people in England, predominantly in the north, will be under the most stringent Covid-19 restrictions by the end of the week, with Warrington the last area to be placed at Level 3.

Nottingham and the districts of Broxtowe, Gedling and Rushcliffe will move to Level 3 on Thursday, with details expected to be established later on Tuesday.

It came just hours after Warrington was confirmed to enter Level 3 on Tuesday, and the Cheshire town’s pubs and bars will have to close unless they serve large meals.

The two areas will join the Liverpool City Region, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Yorkshire at Level 3, placing 8.2 million people in England under the strictest restrictions.

Analysis by the Palestinian Authority news agency shows that the rate of coronavirus cases in Nottingham fell from 726.6 in the seven days to October 15 to 464.4 in the week to October 22, with 1,546 new cases.

The city had the highest Covid-19 rate in the country in the seven days through October 15, but was ranked 22nd on a list of local authority areas for rate of new cases in the seven days through October 22. .

In Warrington, however, cases increased from 343.3 to 395.2 per 100,000 people during the same period, with 830 new cases.

Boris Johnson is under pressure from dozens of Conservative MPs to detail a “road map out of lockdown” as more people in England come under the tightest restrictions from the coronavirus.

The prime minister has been warned by a group of 50 conservative deputies representing northern electoral districts that the pandemic threatens his electoral promise to “level” the country.

In Warrington, however, cases increased from 343.3 to 395.2 per 100,000 people during the same period, with 830 new cases.

The North-South divide in the tier system has raised concerns among Conservative MPs, and the newly formed Northern Research Group has written to the Prime Minister to express their fears.

The group, led by former minister of the northern power Jake Berry, urged Johnson to establish a “clear roadmap” to get out of the blockade restrictions.

Berry said: “The virus has highlighted with great relief the profound structural and systemic disadvantage facing our communities and threatens to further widen the disparity between North and South.

“Our constituents have been some of the hardest hit by this virus, and many have lost jobs, businesses and livelihoods.

“There has never been a more relevant and urgent political and economic case to support people living in the North.

“However, instead of moving forward with our shared ambitions, the cost of Covid and the virus itself threatens to push the North back.”