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Ovid-19 cases fell in 22 boroughs, according to the latest weekly figures showing the second wave in London appears to have peaked in early January.
The biggest drop was at Havering in the week through January 9 of 25.4 percent, followed by Bromley 25 percent, Kingston 21.8 percent, Richmond 21.6 percent, Sutton 21.5 percent and Merton. 18.2 percent.
East London, the worst-hit part of the city, is also experiencing declines, with confirmed cases down 15.9% in Redbridge, 11.5% in Tower Hamlets, 7.6% in Barking and Dagenham and 7 , 5% in Bexley.
The other areas to see smaller declines in cases are Enfield, Barnet, Hammersmith and Fulham, Camden, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Greenwich, Haringey, Hackney and the City of London, Westminster, Hounslow and Lewisham.
However, ten districts are still seeing increases, with the largest in Ealing at 12.9 percent, followed by Lambeth at 12.2 percent and Southwark at 9.2 percent.
The second wave appears to have peaked on January 4, with a seven-day rate in the capital of 1,117.1 new cases per 100,000 Londoners and 100,112 cases that week, compared to a rate of 993.4 on January 9. January with 89,026 cases that week.
But the figures on the case have been particularly volatile over the Christmas and New Year period and are still showing no signs of a sharp decline and may still fluctuate up and down.
Seventeen districts also have a seven-day infection rate of more than 1,000 new cases per 100,000 people and another 9,804 infections were announced yesterday.
London’s chief of public health Professor Kevin Fenton told The Standard: “Case rates in London remain extremely high and around 10,000 Londoners were diagnosed with Covid every day this week.
“This level of transmission is severe and continues to put pressure on the NHS, with more Londoners being admitted to the ICU and eventually dying from this disease or long-term complications.
“As a result, we have more difficult weeks ahead. This more contagious variant means that we are unlikely to see sharp drops like we did in the first wave, and the longer cases remain high, the more deaths we will see. “
The London Regional Director for Public Health England added: “That is why we must work twice as hard to reduce transmission and infections. Staying home and cutting off our contacts will stop the spread of the virus, reduce cases more quickly, and ultimately save lives. “
The city’s hospitals are under enormous pressure after a surge in Covid patients, with 7,840 receiving treatment as of January 14, including 1,163 so sick they have ventilators.
There were 875 admissions for coronavirus in hospitals in the capital on January 12 and 5,846 in the week to date.
A separate report released Thursday showed that the number of Covid incidents in nursing homes in the capital has risen to 147 per week.
The seven-day infection rate for Londoners aged 60 and over, who are most vulnerable to the coronavirus, also remains worryingly high with 878.9 new cases in the week to January 9 per 100,000 and 1015.9 for people under this age.
The full figures show that in Havering there were 2,661 cases in the week ending January 9, 905 (25.4%) less with a rate of 1,025.2, Bromley 2,851 cases, 950 (25%) less with a rate of 857 , 9, Kingston 1,160 cases, 324 (21.8%) with a rate of 653.5, Richmond 1,019 cases, 281 (21.6%) with a rate of 514.6, Sutton 1,854 cases, 507 (21.5 %) with a rate of 898.5, Merton 1775 cases, 395 (18.2%) with a rate of 859.4, Redbridge 3855 cases, 728 (15.9%) less with a rate of 1263, Tower Hamlets 3663 cases, 474 (11.5%) with a rate of 1.128, Barking and Dagenham 3216 cases, down 264 (7.6%) with a rate of 1,510.5, Bexley 2805 cases, 226 (7.5%) below with a rate of 1,129.7 , and Enfield 3854 cases, 313 (7.5%) down with a rate of 1,154.6.
Barnet recorded 3,760 cases, 288 (7.1%) with a rate of 949.8, Hammersmith and Fulham 1353 cases, 82 (5.7%) with a rate of 730.8, Camden 1,767 cases, 63 (3.4 %) with a rate of 654.4, Waltham Forest 3,076 cases, 93 (2.9%) with a rate of 1,110.5, Wandsworth 2,539 cases, 72 (2.8%) with a rate of 770.1, Greenwich 3102 cases, 83 (2.6 %) with a rate of 1,077.3, Haringey 2,765 cases, 63 (2.2%) with a rate of 1,029.2, Hackney and City of London 2,630 cases, 50 (1.9%) with a rate of 904.3, Westminster 1,524 cases, 17 (1.1%) with a rate of 583.2, Hounslow 2,998 cases, a decrease of 22 (0.7%) with a rate of 1,104.1, and Lewisham 3,167 cases, a decrease of six (0 , 2%) with a rate of 1,035.5.
In Newham, there were 4,968 cases, two (0%) with a rate of 1,406.8, Hillingdon 3,091 cases, up to 20 (0.7%) with a rate of 1,007.3, Islington 1,919 cases, up to 15 (0.8 %) with a rate of 791.4, Croydon 4247 cases, up to 50 (1.2%) with a rate of 1,098.2, Harrow 2413 cases, up to 47 (2%) with a rate of 960.7, Kensington and Chelsea 1,064 cases, up to 55 (5.5%) with a rate of 681.5, Brent 3,653 cases, up to 318 (9.5%) with a rate of 1,107.7, Southwark 3,280 cases, up to 276 (9.2 %) with a rate of 1,028.8, Lambeth 3,251 cases, up to 354 (12.2%) with a rate of 997.1, and Ealing 3,746 cases, 429 (12.9%) with a rate of 1,095.9.
