Covid infections in every borough as capital’s rates double rest of UK

More than one in 50 Londoners have Covid in almost half of the boroughs in London, new figures show.

Data analysis by the Evening Standard has revealed that in the week leading up to December 22, one in 50 tested positive across 14 London boroughs.

These boroughs showed rates of at least 2,000 per 100,000 of the population, which is the equivalent to one in 50.

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The new figures also show those boroughs that are worst hit.

Lambeth currently has the highest number of positive cases after a 41 per cent rise, with 9,701 testing positive during the Christmas week.

The four boroughs following behind Lambeth are Wandsworth, Southwark and Croydon and Lewisham.

But the London borough with the highest percentage increase is Croydon, which saw almost an 80 per cent rise in cases over the seven days.

The previous week, Lambeth had seen the biggest increase in positive tests – rising by an enormous 261 per cent.

These figures suggest the rate of the spread of the Omicron wave may be slowing in the Capital, after hitting record highs a number of times – including Christmas Day.

Kensington and Chelsea currently has the lowest number of positive cases in London, holding less than a third of those in worst-hit Lambeth.

While Omicron sweeps the UK, London has been a hotspot for coronavirus infections since the first sightings of the variant.

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During the seven day period in question, stats show there were 181,529 positive cases in the Capital – the equivalent to one in 50 people in a single week.

Government data also showed 364 people being admitted to hospital in London on Christmas Day itself, a 73 per cent increase on the week before.

The figures follow an announcement by Health Secretary Sajid David yesterday (December 27) that there would be no further restrictions introduced before the end of the year.

Full list of coronavirus cases by borough in the week ending December 22

Lambeth – 9,701 cases, up 2,862 (41.8%) on the previous seven-day period. Case rate per 100,000 of 3,014.50

Wandsworth -9,454 cases, up 2,726 (40.5%). Case rate per 100,000 of 2,867.2

Southwark – 8,547 cases, up 2,726 (46.8%). Case rate per 100,000 of 2,670.8

Croydon – 8,003 cases, up 3,538 (79.2%). Case rate per 100,000 of 2,059.6

Lewisham – 7,792 cases, up 3,148 (67.8%). Case rate per 100,000 of 2,552.2

Hackney and City of London – 7,215 cases, up 1,914 (36.1%). Case rate per 100,000 of 2,471.9

Tower Hamlets – 6,963 cases, up 2,057 (41.9%). Case rate per 100,000 of 2,097.5

Bromley – 6,881 cases, up 2,681 (63.8%). Case rate per 100,000 of 2,067.9

Greenwich – 6,375 cases, up 2,448 (62.3%). Case rate per 100,000 of 2,205.6

Barnet – 6,269 cases, up 2,564 (69.2%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,571.2

Haringey – 6,032 cases, up 2,419 (69.2%). Case rate per 100,000 of 2,264.6

Newham – 6,022 cases, up 2,369 (64.9%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,695.1

Ealing – 5,895 cases, up 2,422 (69.7%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,732.1

Islington – 5,736 cases, up 1,550 (37%). Case rate per 100,000 of 2,311.8

Waltham Forest – 5,470 cases, up 1,971 (56.3%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,975.2

Brent – 5,459 cases, up 2,333 (74.6%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,665.6

Enfield – 5,419 cases, up 2,139 (65.2%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,624.5

Camden – 5,105 cases, up 1,578 (44.7%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,826.4

Havering – 5,071 cases, up 2043 (67.5%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,945.5

Bexley – 4,991 cases, up 2183 (77.7%). Case rate per 100,000 of 2,002

Redbridge – 4,989 cases, up 2152 (75.9%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,632.2

City of Westminster – 4,788 cases, up 1570 (48.8%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,774.3

Merton – 4,582 cases, up 1725 (60.4%). Case rate per 100,000 of 2,219.4

Hammersmith & Fulham – 4,562 cases, up 1409 (44.7%). Case rate per 100,000 of 2,485.5

Sutton – 4,297 cases, up 1890 (78.5%). Case rate per 100,000 of 2,068.8

Hounslow – 4,160 cases, up 1843 (79.5%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,530.7

Hillingdon – 4,090 cases, up 1705 (71.5%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,323.6

Barking & Dagenham – 3,958 cases, up 1653 (71.7%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,848.6

Richmond Upon Thames – 3,912 cases, up 1423 (57.2%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,974.4

Harrow – 3,573 cases, up 1477 (70.5%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,416

Kingston Upon Thames – 3,174 cases, up 997 (45.8%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,771.8

Kensington & Chelsea – 3,044 cases, up 1099 (56.5%). Case rate per 100,000 of 1,940.5

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