Latest Covid-19 rates FALL dramatically in Chesterfield ahead of Tier 3 lockdown

Latest data from Public Health England for the seven days to November 22, shows the rate of new infections in Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire has fallen again.

It comes after yesterday’s announcement that the whole of Derbyshire will be under the harshest coronavirus restrictions when the national lockdown ends next month.

Chesterfield’s rate of coronavirus cases dropped from 291.7 per 100,000 people in week ending November 15 to 157.3 average infections in every 100,000 people in the week ending November 22.

The total number of positive virus tests in the town fell from 306 to 165 in the same period.

The average rate of new infections reduced again in North East Derbyshire, which is now at 221.8 infections in every 100,000 people, compared to 262.2 in the seven days to November 15.

Coronavirus cases dropped from a total of 226 in the week ending November 15 to 225 infections in the most recent seven days.

The fall in the rate of infections in Chesterfield was seen in the majority of areas in England, with 283 out of 315 local authorities documenting a reduction in case rates.

Swale in Kent continues to have the highest rate in England, with 799 new cases recorded in the seven days to November 22 – the equivalent of 532.4 cases per 100,000 people.

This is down from 637.7 in the seven days to November 15.

Thanet has the second highest rate, down from 522.8 to 478.4, with 679 new cases.

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