The London borough where Covid is close to being ‘wiped out’

New Covid instances have fallen by no less than 1 / 4 in 23 London boroughs in every week, in accordance to the newest authorities figures.

The capital’s seven-day price as a complete was 84.1 instances per 100,000 folks as of Friday (February 19), a weekly drop of 29 per cent, which is the quickest decline in England.

In one North London borough the case price is now under 40 per 100,000 and there have been fewer than 100 new confirmed instances of Covid in every week.

Islington’s an infection price within the week to February 19 was 37.9 – a 51 per cent lower on the earlier week – and there have been 92 new instances.

This is the primary time a London borough has had fewer than 100 new instances in every week in months.

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This is good news as we glance forward to lockdown measures starting to ease over the approaching weeks, with faculties returning on March 8 and outside mixing in teams of six hopefully allowed on March 29.

However, it is not a cause to develop into complacent with the present lockdown guidelines, as Boris Johnson emphasised that figures want to proceed to drop for lockdown restrictions to be loosened.

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Another huge fall within the week to February 19 was in Wandsworth where the case price fell by 40.6 per cent to a price of 64.3 per 100,000.

In the identical interval Bromley ‘s case price was down 40.5 per cent to a price of 54.8 per 100,00 folks and in Lewisham it was down 40.4 per cent to a price of 53.9.

All boroughs noticed confirmed instances go down by no less than 17 per cent in every week.

According to authorities knowledge, detailed figures for London present:

  • In Islington, there have been 92 instances within the week to February 19, down 97 (51.3%) with a case price of 37.9
  • Wandsworth 212 instances, down 145 (40.6%) price 64.3
  • Bromley 182 instances, down 124 (40.5%) price 54.8
  • Lewisham 165 instances, down 112 (40.4%) price 53.9
  • Enfield 219 instances, down 130 (37.2%) price 65.6
  • Haringey 185 instances, down 99 (34.9%) price 68.9
  • Lambeth 258 instances, down 138 (34.8%) price 79.1
  • Westminster 135 instances, down 71 (34.5%) price 51.7
  • Ealing 456 instances, down 227 (33.2%) price 133.4
  • Greenwich 199 instances, down 97 (32.8%) price 69.1
  • Merton 222 instances, down 103 (31.7%) price 107.5

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  • Brent 365 instances, down 164 (31%) price 110.7
  • Barking and Dagenham 253 instances, down 111 (30.5%) price 118.8
  • Kensington and Chelsea 106 instances, down 46 (30.3%) price 67.9
  • Sutton 174 instances, down 75 (30.1%) price 84.3
  • Hammersmith and Fulham 188 instances, down 80 (29.9%) price 101.5
  • Tower Hamlets 177 instances, down 71 (28.6%) price 54.5
  • Waltham Forest 228 instances, down 85 (27.2%) price 82.3
  • Newham 358 instances, down 131 (26.8%) price 101.4
  • Barnet 336 instances, down 118 (26%) price 84.9
  • Southwark 195 instances, down 68 (25.9%) price 61.2
  • Havering 227 instances, down 77 (25.3%) price 87.5
  • Harrow 274 instances, down 93 (25.3%) price 109.1
  • Kingston 160 instances, down 51 (24.2%) price 90.1
  • Richmond 136 instances, down 43 (24%) price 68.7
  • Camden 145 instances down 42 (22.5%) price 53.7
  • Hackney and City of London 190 instances, down 55 (22.4%) price 65.3
  • Croydon 362 instances, down 99 (21.5%) price 93.6
  • Hillingdon 419 instances, down 112 (21.1%) price 136.5
  • Hounslow 410 instances, down 103 (20.1%) price 151
  • Bexley 209 instances, down 49 (19%) price 84.2
  • Redbridge 297 instances, down 61 (17%) price 97.3

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