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As COVID-19 cases rise in London, people in the capital have been warned to follow the rules to avoid being moved to Level 3.
Mayor Sadiq Khan He said: “If we don’t all work together now, we could face tougher restrictions throughout the capital.”
London it was placed at Level 2 when England came out of its second national lockdown on December 2, but the government will review the allocation of each area on December 16, giving Londoners just one week to jot down the numbers.
Current infection rates are now above the national average and have been increasing since mid-November, when England was in the middle of its second lockdown.
The number of infections in London’s older generation is slightly higher than the UK average, with 142 people over 60 testing positive during the first week of December.
But there are big differences between the 32 boroughs of London.
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represents a London borough, and at the end of November, the positivity rate was above 5% in all of them. But there were up to eight points of difference between the highest and the lowest.
Havering has the highest current infection rate in London: four times Richmond-upon-Thames, Westminster Y Camden.
Barking and Dagenham, Waltham Forest Y Redbridge Join Havering in the top 20 local authorities in England with the highest infection rates.
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They have one of the highest infection rates at Level 2 and have rates similar to many areas at Level 3. Currently, there are 22 above-average London boroughs in England.
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The number of cases reported since mid-November, amid the shutdown, has also increased in 22 districts. Infection rates are declining in many areas located at Level 3.
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The infection rate in those over 60 is above the national average in 15 districts. But again, there are differences between the districts. Havering has almost nine times the number of infected elderly than Hammersmith and Fulham.
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Several different criteria are being used to determine which areas are at what level: case rates in all age groups, case rates in those over 60, the rate at which cases increase or decrease, positivity rate ( percentage of positive tests) and pressure on the NHS.
The latest data shows that the number of hospital admissions in London is considerably lower than the spring peak.
They are also similar to those recorded in other regions of England that have not been as affected as London by COVID-19.
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control said any increase of more than 25% compared to the peak is cause for concern.
With such a variety of tariffs in London, several Conservative MPs had asked that districts be examined individually when assigning tiers.
But virologist Dr. Stephen Griffin, an associate professor at the University of Leeds School of Medicine, said that would not help reduce cases.
“In London, there is public transport that connects you everywhere, you can walk around the corner and be in a different district and people move between many districts,” he said.
“The problem is that none of the restrictions prevents people from moving, so the cases are always going to increase.
“We also don’t have tracking and tracing that works properly, so having the levels divided by municipality would make tracking infections very difficult.”
