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Ondon faces a worsening Covid-19 crisis with almost 32,000 new cases registered in a week, impact figures reveal today.
They show an alarming rate of infection in North East London and the surrounding boroughs, and other areas further out of the city are also heavily affected.
- A daily record high of 6,777 new confirmed cases announced on Wednesday and 31,882 in the week ending December 13. The true figure is estimated to be several times higher, with around one in three people suffering from the disease asymptomatically.
- The seven-day rate of new cases in London rose to 298.8 per 100,000 people in the week to December 11 and to 596 in Havering.
- Seven counties that have a seven-day rate of more than 400, and the other six are Barking and Dagenham (512), Redbridge (480.3), Waltham Forest (431.1) Enfield (430.2), Newham and Bexley (both 406.4)
- Ten counties were affected with more than 1,000 new cases in the week ending December 11; Havering (1547), Redbridge (1466), Enfield (1436), Newham (1435), Tower Hamlets (1211), Waltham Forest (1194) Barking and Dagenham (1090), Bromley (1064), Croydon (1056) and Bexley ( 1009)
- Richmond recorded a weekly increase in cases of 115.2%, Hammersmith and Fulham 93.5%, Lewisham 93.2%, Southwark 91.9% and Enfield 91.5%
- Twenty-four districts experience a weekly increase of more than 50 percent
- Hospital admissions of Covid patients continue to rise, with 1706 in the week to December 13, with 287 on the 13
- The number of Covid patients on ventilators in London hospitals rose to 291 on December 16.
Professor Kevin Fenton, England’s Director of Public Health in London, said: “This is now a crucial moment for London and the wider South East region. We know that a rapid escalation of cases will lead to more hospitalizations and, inevitably, deaths.
“Cases are increasing in those at risk over 60 and while there is a mixed picture of case numbers in different counties, we are now experiencing sustained growth in almost all of them, as well as parts of neighboring Essex and Kent.
“With the vaccine rollout already underway in London and across the country, we can now see a light at the end of the tunnel. But we still have a job to do to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe through Christmas and the New Year. “
He added: “The actions of each of us today will have a direct impact on the direction in which London is moving. That is why we must all come together as one city to move up the curve, reduce the transmission rate, and ensure that we do not face a crisis in our hospitals in the coming weeks.
“To support these efforts, we are increasing the availability of testing citywide and are already conducting massive asymptomatic pilots at 15 locations.”
The full figures show Richmond saw 368 new cases in the week through December 11, 197 (115.2 percent) with a rate of 185.8, Hammersmith and Fulham 360 cases, up to 174 (93.5 percent) with a rate of 194.4, Lewisham 742 cases, up to 358 (93.2 percent) with a rate of 242.6, Southwark 758 cases, up to 363 (91.9 percent) with a rate of 237.7, Enfield 1,436 cases, up to 686 (91.5 percent) with a rate of 430.2, Lambeth 785 cases, up to 358 (83.8 percent) with a rate of 240.8, Islington 546 cases, 248 (83.2 percent) with a rate of 225.2, Bromley 1,064 cases, up to 458 (75.6 percent) with a rate of 320.2, Wandsworth 734 cases, up to 315 (75.2 percent) with a rate of 222.6, Camden 443 cases, 188 (73.7%) with a rate of 164.1, Croydon 1,056 cases, 439 (71.2 percent) with a rate of 273.1, Westminster 406 cases, 166 (69.2 percent) with a rate of 155.4, Barking and Dagenham 1,090 cases, 445 (69 percent) with a rate of 512, and Sutton 608 cases, 248 (68.9%) more with a rate of 294.6.
In Merton, there were 635 cases, up to 250 (64.9 percent) with a rate of 307.4, Tower hamlets 1,211 cases, 474 (64.3 percent) with a rate of 372.9, Redbridge 1,466 cases, 571 (63.8 percent) with a rate of 480.3, Havering 1,547 cases, up to 601 (63.5 percent) with a rate of 596, Hounslow 678 cases, up to 258 (61.4 percent) with a rate of 249.7, Brent 788 cases, 295 (59.8 percent) with a rate of 239, Newham 1,435 cases, up to 527 (58 percent) with a rate of 406.4, Hackney and City of London 830 cases, up to 301 (56.9 percent) with a rate of 285.4, Bexley 1009 cases, up to 359 (55.2 percent) with a rate of 406.4, Greenwich 839 cases, up to 280 (50.1 percent) with a rate of 291.4, Haringey 773 cases, 246 (46.7 percent) with a rate of 287.7, Waltham Forest 1,194 cases, up to 367 (44.4 percent) with a rate of 431.1, Kingston 556 cases, 164 (41.8 percent) with a rate of 313.2, Harrow 760 cases, up to 222 (41.3 percent) with a rate of 302.6, Kensington and Chelsea 246 cases, 70 (39.8 percent) with a rate of 157.6, Hillingdon 753 cases, 203 (36.9 percent) more with a rate of 245.4, Barnet 912 cases, 226 (32.9 percent) with a rate of 230.4, and Ealing 754 cases, 175 (30.2 percent) more with a rate of 220.6.
