Coronavirus infection rate in Chesterfield and number of new cases both falling

Coronavirus infection rates and the total number of new cases are decreasing in both Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire, after the government released the latest Covid-19 data based on tests carried out in laboratories and in the wider community.

The average rate of infection has fallen in Chesterfield, with 417.5 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to January 8 – dropping to an average rate of 376.5 cases in the week to January 15.

Chesterfield’s total number of new infections in the town decreased from 438 cases to 395 new coronavirus cases in the seven days to January 15.

North East Derbyshire’s average rate of infection is also down to 327.2 infections per 100,000 people in the week to January 15, from 344 recorded in the seven days to January 8.

The total number of new cases in the area has also fallen from 349 infections in the week ending January 8, to 332 new cases in the most recent period.

The trend of infection rates and new cases falling in Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire region is mirrored across England, after 301 out of 315 local authority areas also documented a reduction in rates and infections.

Knowsley in Merseyside has the highest rate in England, with 1,712 new cases recorded in the seven days to January 15 – the equivalent of 1,134.8 cases per 100,000 people.

This is down from a rate of 1,464.9 cases in the seven days to January 8.

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