Coronavirus map shows the one area of Chesterfield that is now almost coronavirus free

Coronavirus infections continue to fall across Chesterfield, with one neighbourhood almost free of new cases according to the latest figures.
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An interactive map showing the number of confirmed positive cases in each area, based on Government data, reveals there were fewer than three cases in Wingerworth and Holymoorside in the seven days to December 2 –the latest date for which reliable data is available.

The exact number of positive cases there is not known because data is not given for areas with three or fewer cases to protect individuals' identities.

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Nearby Eastwood Town has also recorded fewer than three cases.

An interactive map shows an area of Mansfield that is almost Covid-19 free.An interactive map shows an area of Mansfield that is almost Covid-19 free.
An interactive map shows an area of Mansfield that is almost Covid-19 free.

Nine other areas of Chesterfield – Brookside and Walton, Boythorpe, Temple Normanton, Newbold, Loundsley Green, Dunston, Grassmoor and Holmewood, Clay Cross and North Wingfield – recorded ten or fewer new cases.

The latest available data shows that the infection rate in Chesterfield has risen slightly overall- in the seven days to December 3 it was 136.3 per 100,000 people.

This means there were 143 new cases confirmed in that week.

In the week to November 26 the infection rate was 123.0, reflecting 129 confirmed new cases.

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But data for the most recent four days (December 4-7) has been excluded as it does not reflect the true number of cases.

Chesterfield has been placed under Tier 3 restrictions until at least December 16, when the Government will review progress made in slowing the spread of Covid-19.

Yesterday, NHS England confirmed anoter patient who tested positive for coronavirus have died in Chesterfield, bringing the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in the town to 192.

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