Over 80 neighbourhoods across Hertfordshire are considered Covid blackspots, new figures show.
The latest Government data shows that 82 areas in the county recorded infection rates over 1,600 in the week up to December 27.
At the end of last year, the government introduced the new blackspot category amid soaring rates of the Omicron variant.
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The new figures help illustrate what the picture was like across the country over the Christmas period, with Boris Johnson allowing families to mix over the holidays.
The Government’s interactive map shows the seven-day case rate per 100,000 people in the week up to December 27, with the latest dates omitted due to incomplete figures.
A number of Herts neighbourhoods have infection rates over 2,000 as the Prime Minister continues to urge Brits to get their booster and protect themselves.
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The 82 neighbourhoods that are Covid blackspots
Below are the 82 neighbourhoods that are Covid blackspots as a result of having an infection rate over 1,600.
Bishop’s Stortford West & Braughing
Total cases: 234
Infection rate: 2,355.3
Bishop’s Stortford North
Total cases: 139
Infection rate: 1,999.4
Bishop’s Stortford East
Total cases: 179
Infection rate: 1,970.3
Bishop’s Stortford Central
Total cases: 222
Infection rate: 2,023.7
Bishop’s Stortford South
Total cases: 182
Infection rate: 2,134.6
Much Hadham & Hunsdon
Total cases: 133
Infection rate: 2,014.8
Puckeridge & Thundridge
Total cases: 117
Infection rate: 1,878.3
Ware East
Total cases: 205
Infection rate: 1,757
Ware West
Total cases: 163
Infection rate: 1,906
Hertford Bengeo
Total cases: 131
Infection rate: 1,616.1
Hertford Foxholes
Total cases: 99
Infection rate: 1,650.6
Hertford South
Total cases: 170
Infection rate: 1,727.5
Hertford West
Total cases: 102
Infection rate: 1,763.5
Watton-at-Stone, Bramfield & Bayford
Total cases: 135
Infection rate: 1,769.1
Hoddesdon Ware Road
Total cases: 123
Infection rate: 1,776.9
Rye Park
Total cases: 147
Infection rate: 2,002.7
Hoddesdon Town
Total cases: 149
Infection rate: 1,849.3
Broxbourne Town
Total cases: 137
Infection rate: 2,207.2
Wormley & Turnford
Total cases: 182
Infection rate: 1,700.3
Cheshunt Coopers Walk
Total cases: 159
Infection rate: 2,116.6
Cheshunt Central
Total cases: 143
Infection rate: 1,839.5
Cheshunt South
Total cases: 142
Infection rate: 1,837.2
Rosedale
Total cases: 117
Infection rate: 1,981.4
Goffs Oak
Total cases: 122
Infection rate: 1,822.5
Potters Bar Oakmere
Total cases: 128
Infection rate: 1,680.7
Potters Bar Parkfield
Total cases: 171
Infection rate: 2,054.5
Potters Bar Furzefield
Total cases: 127
Infection rate: 1,914.1
Shenley & South Mimms
Total cases: 105
Infection rate: 1,923.1
London Colney
Total cases: 174
Infection rate: 1,796.2
How Wood & Park Street
Total cases: 138
Infection rate: 2,149.2
Radlett
Total cases: 130
Infection rate: 1,616.7
Elstree & Aldenham
Total cases: 126
Infection rate: 1,929.3
Borehamwood Hillside
Total cases: 181
Infection rate: 1,696.7
Borehamwood Kenilworth
Total cases: 112
Infection rate: 1,723.3
Nascot Wood
Total cases: 158
Infection rate: 1,814.6
North Watford
Total cases: 134
Infection rate: 1,652.5
Tudor
Total cases: 105
Infection rate: 1,793.3
West Watford
Total cases: 169
Infection rate: 1,941
Central Watford
Total cases: 190
Infection rate: 1,801.3
Bushey North
Total cases: 139
Infection rate: 1,807.8
Oxhey Hall & Hayling
Total cases: 126
Infection rate: 1,691.3
Oxhey
Total cases: 117
Infection rate: 1,736.4
Bushey Central
Total cases: 209
Infection rate: 2,026.4
Bushey Heath
Total cases: 175
Infection rate: 1,761.1
Croxley Green
Total cases: 161
Infection rate: 1,654.7
Rickmansworth West
Total cases: 174
Infection rate: 1,934.2
Croxley North & Sarratt
Total cases: 139
Infection rate: 1,766.9
Stanborough
Total cases: 127
Infection rate: 1,792
Woodside & Leavesden Green
Total cases: 122
Infection rate: 1,638.2
Leavesden & Garston Manor
Total cases: 193
Infection rate: 1,802.4
Kings Langley
Total cases: 93
Infection rate: 1,766.4
Bovingdon & Chipperfield
Total cases: 153
Infection rate: 1,644.6
Boxmoor & Apsley
Total cases: 203
Infection rate: 1,735.6
Nash Mills & Bennetts End
Total cases: 193
Infection rate: 1,891.6
Corner Hall
Total cases: 133
Infection rate: 2,159.1
Hemel Hempstead Old Town
Total cases: 242
Infection rate: 2,086.2
Chaulden
Total cases: 91
Infection rate: 1,752
Warners End
Total cases: 120
Infection rate: 1,785.2
Gadebridge & Old Town
Total cases: 93
Infection rate: 1,653
Highfield
Total cases: 146
Infection rate: 1,818.4
Grove Hill
Total cases: 157
Infection rate: 1,960
Woodhall Farm
Total cases: 111
Infection rate: 1,832.6
Berkhamsted South
Total cases: 113
Infection rate: 1,928
Berkhamsted West
Total cases: 117
Infection rate: 1,754.9
Berkhamsted Town
Total cases: 107
Infection rate: 1,644.9
Northchurch & Potten End
Total cases: 92
Infection rate: 1,676.1
Redbourn
Total cases: 109
Infection rate: 1,711.4
Verulam Park
Total cases: 151
Infection rate: 2,064.5
St Albans Central
Total cases: 173
Infection rate: 1,862.2
Bernards Heath
Total cases: 127
Infection rate: 1,804.7
Longacres
Total cases: 138
Infection rate: 2,099.8
Marshalswick
Total cases: 117
Infection rate: 1,698.1
Hollybush
Total cases: 138
Infection rate: 1,725.4
Hall Grove
Total cases: 156
Infection rate: 2,073.9
Haldens
Total cases: 107
Infection rate: 1,745.5
Knightsfield
Total cases: 109
Infection rate: 1,799.3
Knebworth, Codicote & Kimpton
Total cases: 205
Infection rate: 2,007.2
Roebuck
Total cases: 141
Infection rate: 2,022.7
Symonds Green
Total cases: 97
Infection rate: 1,615.1
Woodfield & Old Town
Total cases: 200
Infection rate: 1,638.1
Chells North
Total cases: 109
Infection rate: 1,754.4
Poplars
Total cases: 108
Infection rate: 1,627.2
List of neighbourhoods in alphabetical order
Below is a list of neighbourhoods with infection rates over 1,600 in alphabetical order.
Berkhamsted South
Berkhamsted Town
Berkhamsted West
Bernards Heath
Bishop’s Stortford Central
Bishop’s Stortford East
Bishop’s Stortford North
Bishop’s Stortford South
Bishop’s Stortford West & Braughing
Borehamwood Hillside
Borehamwood Kenilworth
Bovingdon & Chipperfield
Boxmoor & Apsley
Broxbourne Town
Bushey Central
Bushey Heath
Bushey North
Central Watford
Chaulden
Chells North
Cheshunt Central
Cheshunt Coopers Walk
Cheshunt South
Corner Hall
Croxley Green
Croxley North & Sarratt
Elstree & Aldenham
Gadebridge & Old Town
Goffs Oak
Grove Hill
Haldens
Hall Grove
Hemel Hempstead Old Town
Hertford Bengeo
Hertford Foxholes
Hertford South
Hertford West
Highfield
Hoddesdon Town
Hoddesdon Ware Road
Hollybush
How Wood & Park Street
Kings Langley
Knebworth, Codicote & Kimpton
Knightsfield
Leavesden & Garston Manor
London Colney
Longacres
Marshalswick
Much Hadham & Hunsdon
Nascot Wood
Nash Mills & Bennetts End
North Watford
Northchurch & Potten End
Oxhey
Oxhey Hall & Hayling
Poplars
Potters Bar Furzefield
Potters Bar Oakmere
Potters Bar Parkfield
Puckeridge & Thundridge
Radlett
Redbourn
Rickmansworth West
Roebuck
Rosedale
Rye Park
Shenley & South Mimms
St Albans Central
Stanborough
Symonds Green
Tudor
Verulam Park
Ware East
Ware West
Warners End
Watton-at-Stone, Bramfield & Bayford
West Watford
Woodfield & Old Town
Woodhall Farm
Woodside & Leavesden Green
Wormley & Turnford
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