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Derby’s neighbors Nottingham and Nottinghamshire will be placed under Covid level two restrictions.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced strict new lockdown rules for England as coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise.
This is expected to mean that people will not be allowed to mingle in each other’s homes, however pubs and bars in Nottingham and the county are expected to avoid forced closures.
Nottinghamshire Live reports that the city and county will rank at level two – the high-risk category, MPs were told this afternoon (Monday, October 12).
It means that the city, which has the highest rates in the country, will have the same restrictions as Bassetlaw and Mansfield, which have significantly lower rates.
Parliamentarians and heads of public health received a virtual briefing from the Department of Health and Social Care and were informed of the categorization.
It is understood that part of the reason that Nottingham did not rank at level three was because the infection currently occurs predominantly among younger people and has not yet caused a significant increase in people aged 60 and over, who have a increased risk of contracting the virus.
Derbyshire Live has analyzed data from Public Health England to compare Derby’s infection rate with Nottingham’s.
In the past seven days since October 5, Derby has seen a total of 234 confirmed coronavirus cases.
In the same time period, Nottingham has reported a staggering 2,769. That’s more than ten times the Derby figure.
With these numbers in mind, it is clear that Derby is by far the safest city for coronavirus infections.
However, Derby cases are on the rise. In the week that began Aug. 31, Derby saw 27 confirmed coronavirus cases.
But in the week that began September 28, about 187 cases were reported.
This is an increase of almost 600 percent in just one month, which is a significant and worrying increase.
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However, the Nottingham figures have risen much more dramatically, from 84 to 1648 in the same time frame.
That’s an increase of more than 1,800 percent. This shows that Nottingham’s rate of increase is roughly three times that of Derby.
It is important to note that these figures are conservative. Any registered number of cases between zero and two is noted as “0-2” in government records.
For clarity, we have treated “0-2” simply as zero, since there is no difficult number to work with.
But that means that the actual cases may be a bit more than what is reported here.
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