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Ondon was on the verge of being placed at Level 3 today after shocking figures revealed nearly 24,000 Covid-19 cases in a week.
They also showed an increase in confirmed cases in all districts and a new second wave peak of infections. The crisis in the capital was discussed today by the key Covid “O” (operations) committee, chaired by Boris Johnson.
MPs from London, Essex, Kent, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire were briefed this morning by a minister and senior health officials about the outbreaks in their areas. The gloomy data catalog for the capital fueled speculation that a move to Level 3 restrictions will be announced, possibly as soon as today.
“The numbers are really bad,” said a senior health source. Wes Streeting, chairman of the London MEPs Labor Group, added: “The numbers don’t lie. We have exponential growth in London … people should prepare for Level 3. ”
On the conference call, Dr. Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer, told MPs that cases doubled at some critical points every five to seven days, as was the case when the first wave of the epidemic took off in March.
A health official also said that even the blockade and Level 3 had failed to stop the increase in cases in areas of Kent. MPs asked officials and Health Minister Helen Whately whether it made sense to impose new Level 3 restrictions and then allow millions of families to mingle over the Christmas period, before reinstating the strict restrictions.
Eight Conservative MPs from London wrote to the prime minister this weekend asking him not to place the capital on Level 3 for the sake of the economy and young people. Harrow East MP Bob Blackman, the lead author, said: “It puts jobs at risk and would especially affect young people.”
Mayor Sadiq Khan is calling for much more financial support for businesses in the capital that will suffer massive damage from Level 3, particularly the hospitality sector, in the run-up to Christmas.
However, the government has reportedly discussed measures even tougher than Level 3 with municipal leaders, with the possible closure of schools and non-essential stores.
Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Munira Wilson, MP from Twickenham, said: “We are just days away from the rules being relaxed for Christmas and with no national or Level 3 restrictions apparently having an impact on transmission rates in Kent, the government should present a set of evidence-based measures to address the causes of the spread. ”
Ministers have been deeply reluctant to place the capital, the country’s economic powerhouse, at Level 3.
However, the disease is growing at an increasing rate and could feed even more if mixed between households during the Christmas period.
The grim numbers include:
- The number of confirmed cases reached 23,913 in the week to December 10, with the actual number of cases being several times higher, in part because many people suffer from the disease asymptomatically.
- Enfield saw the number of confirmed cases rise 74 percent in the week through Dec. 8.
- The seven-day rate of new cases per 100,000 people rose to 470.8 in Havering in the week ending Dec. 8.
- Five districts with more than 1,000 new cases that week; Havering (1,222), Redbridge (1,109) Newham (1,084), Enfield (1,017) and Waltham Forest (1,013)
- All boroughs except Westminster and Ealing see an increase in cases by more than 20 percent per week, with ten at more than 44 percent
- While northeast London remains the hotspot for Covid, the disease appears to be filtering across the city, with cases increasing by 50.9% in Southwark, 49.9% in Lewisham and 48.6 % in Greenwich.
- Greenwich council heads told township schools to close starting tonight
- The seven-day rate in London rose to 224.7 in the week ending December 8, up from 210.9 the day before, from 154.8 on November 26, having previously hit a high of 200 in the second wave. , 2 in the middle of November.
- The number of Covid patients admitted to the hospital amounts to 1,307 in the week to December 9, with 248 on that day, a figure not reached since April 28 during the peak of the first wave.
- The number of coronavirus patients in city hospitals rose to 2,092 on December 12, compared with 5,201 on April 9, although it is expected to rise further given the increase in cases.
- Doctors have improved a lot in treating the disease and the number of Covid patients on ventilators in London hospitals has been stable over the past two weeks, at 256 on the 12th.
In Enfield there were 1017 cases in the week to December 8, 433 (74.1 percent) with a rate of 304.7, Harrow 615 cases, up to 211 (52.2 percent) with a rate of 244.9, Waltham Forest 1013 cases, an increase of 342 (51 percent) with a rate of 365.7, Southwark 522 cases, up to 176 (50.9 percent) with a rate of 163.7, Lewisham 514 cases, 171 (49.9 percent) with a rate of 168.1, Greenwich 648 cases, up to 212 (48.6 percent) with a rate of 225, Havering 1,222 cases, 399 (48.5 percent) with a rate of 470.8, Sutton 442 cases, 143 (47.8%) with a rate of 214.2, Hackney and City of London 649 cases, 201 (44.9%) with a rate of 223.1, Richmond 228 cases, up to 70 (44.3 percent) with a rate of 115.1, Hammersmith and Fulham 253 cases, up to 72 (39.8 percent) with a rate of 136.7, Haringey 614 cases, 171 (38.6 percent) with a rate of 228.6, Croydon 763 cases, up to 200 (35.5 percent) with a rate of 197.3, Wandsworth 512 cases, 134 (35.4 percent) with a rate of 155.3, and Tower hamlets 930 cases, 242 (35.2 percent) more with a rate of 286.4.
In Lambeth there were 503 cases, 130 (34.9 percent) with a rate of 154.3, Bromley 748 cases, 189 (33.8 percent) with a rate of 225.1, Kensington and Chelsea 210 cases, up to 51 (32.1 percent) with a rate of 134.5, Merton 491 cases, 115 (30.6 percent) with a rate of 237.7,
In Camden, there were 326 cases, 74 (29.4 percent) with a rate of 120.7, Hillingdon 634 cases, 143 (29.1 percent) with a rate of 206.6, Barking and Dagenham 777 cases, up to 170 (28 percent) with a rate of 364.9, Kingston 452 cases, 97 (27.3%) with a rate of 254.6, Bexley 727 cases, 156 (27.3 percent) with a rate of 292.8, Newham 1,084 cases, up to 230 (26.9 percent) with a rate of 307, Hounslow 507 cases, 103 (25.5 percent) with a rate of 186.7, Barnet 767 cases, 153 (24.9 percent) with a rate of 193.8, Islington 350 cases, up to 66 (23.2 percent) with a rate of 144.3, Brent 611 cases, 104 (20.5 percent) with a rate of 185.3, Redbridge 1109 cases, 187 (20.3 percent) with a rate of 363.3, Westminster 279 cases, 33 (13.4%) more with a rate of 106.8, and Ealing 618 cases, 56 (10 percent) more with a rate of 180.8.
