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Every borough in London has seen the Covid-19 rate exceed the key threshold of 100 new cases per week per 100,000, according to official figures.
Three districts had a rate of more than 200 in the week through Oct. 23, about double the least affected areas of the city.
100,000 / 100,000 was one of the trigger indicators used to move London to Level 2 restrictions 12 days ago. .
Ealing has the highest rate in the capital, 220.3 in the week to October 23 (753 cases), compared with 153.9 in the previous week (526 cases).
Hammersmith and Fulham follow with a rate of 212.3 (393 cases), compared with 146.4 (271 cases) during the previous seven days, followed by Kingston with a rate of 203.9 (362 cases), compared to 122.8 (218).
The government said yesterday that across the country, another 367 people died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, while there were another 22,885 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus.
The death toll is the highest daily figure since May 27, when 422 deaths were reported, though these numbers tend to rise on Tuesdays due to a delay in reporting from the weekend.
As cases have increased at various hotspots across the country, Cabinet Minister George Eustice told Sky News: “We know that unfortunately mortality tends to follow those spikes in incidence for several weeks, it can be that we are beginning to see that yesterday.
“We are monitoring it very closely, we are concerned. That is why we continue to introduce new restrictions where necessary. “
He insisted the government was striking the right balance between trying to protect public health and limit damage to the economy, amid fears over millions of jobs and associated health impacts.
West Yorkshire could be the next area to move to Level 3.
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The epicenter of London’s second coronavirus wave has shifted from the east of the city to spread to more districts in the west, according to official figures.
Redbridge now has the fourth highest rate with 187.1 (571 cases), compared to 128.4 (392), followed by Hounslow 186.7 (507 cases), 128.5 (349 cases), then Hackney and City of London 176.4 (513 cases), 146.8 (427 cases), Hillingdon 169.5 (520 cases), 127.1 (390 cases), Tower Hamlets 166.9 (542 cases), 119.5 (388 cases) and Richmond 156 (309 cases), 158.1 (313 cases).
The virus seems to affect both the wealthy districts and the most deprived areas.
However, Richmond officials believe that up to 30 percent of their registered cases were students from the area who tested positive at universities in other parts of the country, before being counted among their numbers due to a flaw in the reporting.
This problem is believed to affect other areas of the local authority, particularly the wealthier areas.
The figures showed that Newham has a rate of 155.7 (550 cases), compared to 119.8 the previous week (423 cases), Havering 154.5 (401 cases), compared to 119.1 (309 cases), Haringey 154.5 (415 cases), compared to 121.3 (326 cases), Wandsworth 154.1 (508 cases), 104.6 (345 cases) and Kensington and Chelsea 153.1 (239 cases), 119.8 (187 cases).
In North London, Enfield has a rate of 152.2 (508 cases), compared to 127 (424 cases), Barnet 145.5 (576 cases), 110.4 (437 cases) and Barking and Dagenham 145, 1 (309 cases), 105.2 (224 cases).
In the center, the Westminster rate has risen to 145 (379 cases), from 98 the previous week (256 cases), followed by Lambeth 141.4 (461 cases), compared to 115 (375 cases), Harrow 140, 5 (353 cases), compared to 113.5 (285 cases), Waltham Forest 139.0 (385 cases), 101.8 (282 cases), Islington 137.3 (333 cases), 115.1 (279 cases ), Southwark 136.1 (434 cases), 86.6 (276 cases), Merton 133.6 (276 cases), 91.5 (189 cases), Brent 124.9 (412), 99.5 (328) , Camden 123.3 (333 cases), 115.9 (313 cases) and Sutton 116.3 (240 cases), 84.3 (174 cases).
South East London has escaped the brunt of the second wave, with Lewisham being the last borough of the city to break above the 100 / 100,000 level.
The rate in Bexley has now increased to 123.6 (307 cases), from 73.3 (182 cases), Bromley 116.4 (387 cases), from 85.2 (283 cases), Croydon 109.1 (422 cases ), of 78.1 (302 cases), Greenwich 102.8 (296 cases), of 81.3 (234 cases), and Lewisham 101 (309 cases), of 74.5 (228 cases).
The number of cases in the capital has risen to 13,303 in the week of October 23, compared to 9,935 in the previous seven days, the rate going from 111 to 148.
However, even the worst-hit areas of London are experiencing Covid rates further afield than the worst hot spots in the country.
Community and health leaders are also discussing the indicators and levels of coronavirus that could push the city back from Level 2 to Level 1.
However, the increase in cases must first be stopped.
Hospitalizations of people with Covid have risen to more than 100 per day in the capital.
They are not expected to reach the daily levels nationwide as seen during the peak of the first wave, and the mortality rate is expected to be significantly lower given advances in treating the disease.
However, there are reports that scientists fear that the total number of deaths from the second wave could be higher than the first if it takes longer for the disease to get back under control during the winter months.
Elsewhere in the country, Blackburn with Darwen continues to have the highest rate in England, with 1,176 new cases registered in the seven days to October 23, the equivalent of 785.6 cases per 100,000 people.
This represents an increase of 526.4 cases per 100,000 in the seven days through October 16.
Rossendale has the second highest rate, from 472.8 to 675.7, with 483 new cases.
Oldham is in third place, where the rate has gone from 428.5 to 655.0, with 1,553 new cases.
Case rates continue to fall in Nottingham, Liverpool, Newcastle and Exeter.
