Six Bristol neighbourhoods in second most severe Covid category

THE number of Bristol areas with Covid rates above 200 per 100,000 has more than doubled in the space of a week.

A total of 19 areas in the region recorded rates that high in the seven days to June 22, according to the latest government data available.

In comparison, a week earlier, nine areas were recording rates above 200 while, two weeks earlier, there was only one – Pill & Easton (222.6).

Six Bristol areas are now recording rates above 400, placing them in the second most severe category in the government map.

Cotham is continuing to record the city’s highest infection rate (791.3) after 71 cases were confirmed in the seven days to June 22.

It is followed by Bristol City Centre (136 cases, rate 717.7) and Clifton East (58 cases, rate 643.5). Cotham’s infection rate is more than six times the UK average (123.7) and is amongst the country’s worst.

Below are the areas in the region with the highest number of cases in the seven days to June 22, with the number of cases listed and followed by infection rate in brackets:

Bristol

» Cotham 71 (791.3)

» Bristol City Centre 136 (717.7)

» Clifton East 58 (643.5)

» Hotwells 43 (579)

» Clifton Village 33 (536.4)

» Kingsdown & Stokes Croft 46 (446.3)

» Stoke Bishop 36 (385.6)

» Redland & St Andrew’s 35 (328.7)

» Horfield 24 (317.7)

South Gloucestershire:

» Mangotsfield 24 (359.3)

» Winterbourne 21 (330.6)

» Frenchay & Great Stoke 37 (232.2)

North Somerset

» Pill & Easton 14 (222.6)

Yesterday Bristol recorded 223 further coronavirus cases in the latest update. South Gloucestershire had 91 new cases, North Somerset had 59 and Bath and North East Somerset had 26 cases.

There were no further deaths.