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The latest government data shows the areas hardest hit by the coronavirus in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire as we approach Christmas.
An interactive government map highlights 17 neighborhoods, each with a population of around 8,000, which currently have an infection rate of more than 400 per 100,000 residents.
These areas are colored with credibility and reveal where the last access points are located in the city and beyond.
Whereas previously the entire map was dominated by that color, much of North Staffordshire is now blue where areas have a lower infection rate of 201 to 400.
However, overall, the rate remains stubbornly high and there are fears that it is now starting to grow again as the virulent new strain Covid-19 heads north of the country.
In Stoke-on-Trent, the infection rate was 348.7 per 100,000 in the week through December 15, down from 288.6 in the previous seven days.
The government’s top scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, warned that the new variant was becoming the dominant strain, with a rapid increase in cases in recent days.
He said: “This new variant is not only moving fast, it is increasing in terms of its transmission capacity, but it is becoming the dominant variant, it is outperforming all the others in terms of transmission.
“So this virus is transmitted and it spreads rapidly.”
However, Sir Patrick said there was “no evidence” that the variant caused more serious illness or increased the risk of being admitted to hospital.
The “working assumption of all scientists right now” is also that vaccines should work against them, he added.
“So the big change is not disease progression, not immunity, but transmission – this virus spreads more easily and therefore more measures are needed to keep it under control.”
17 red dot areas in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire from the week to December 13
1: Northeast Stafford – 886.1 per 100,000 with 39 cases over seven days (up 134.5 percent)
2: East of Trentham – 708 per 100,000 with 38 cases over seven days (up to 123.5 percent)
3: Biddulph Central – 637.3 per 100,000 with 54 cases over seven days (up to 184.2 percent)
4: Biddulph North and Brown Lees – 609.4 per 100,000 with 28 cases over seven days (up to 280 percent)
5: Burton Eton Park – 570.3 per 100,000 with 43 cases over seven days (up to 95.5 percent)
6: Florence – 548.4 per 100,000 with 33 cases over seven days (94.1 percent more)
7: Barton under Needwood – 533.6 per 100,000 with 32 cases over seven days (up to 300%)
8: Burton Winshill – 512.2 per 100,000 with 44 cases over seven days (up 51.7 percent)
9: Dresden – 508.6 per 100,000 with 29 cases over seven days (29.3% less)
10: Birch head – 468.3 per 100,000 with 27 cases over seven days (up 22.7 percent)
11: Fenpark – 453.2 per 100,000 with 22 cases over seven days (up to 69.2%)
12: Bradeley and Chell Heath – 447.6 per 100,000 with 33 cases over seven days (up 13.8 percent)
13: Burton Central – 435 per 100,000 with 53 cases over seven days (an increase of 17.8 percent)
14: Fenton– 429.8 per 100,000 with 35 cases over seven days (94.4 percent more)
15: Smallthorne and Sneyd Green – 424.8 per 100,000 with 35 cases over seven days (up to 9.4%)
16: Tunstall – 402.5 per 100,000 with 31 cases over seven days (up to 55%)
17: Goldenhill and Sandyford – 400.3 per 100,000 with 30 cases over seven days (up to 15.4%)
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