Whole of county sees rate go over 100 in 100k people
INFECTIONS IN DERBYSHIRE UP AS SOME AREAS ARE PLUNGED INTO TIER 2 RESTRICTIONS
EVERY area of Derbyshire now has a weekly Covid-19 case rate of more than 100 per 100,000 people.
In the most recent data for the week October 5-11 every district of the county surpassed 100 or more cases per 100,000 people, while just over a week before, in the week September 23-29, none of the districts had surpassed 100.
The highest rate had been in the High Peak with 62 followed by Amber Valley and Erewash on 38 and North East Derbyshire on 37.
Since then the rate of cases across Derbyshire has tripled.
One part of Derbyshire – Glossopdale in the High Peak – was plunged into Tier 2 restrictions and dubbed “high risk”. This will be reviewed in four weeks time.
This includes a ban on different households mixing indoors.
The High Peak currently has a case rate of 188 – double the national average of 89 – with 174 new cases in the week October 5-11.
Other areas of the county now look to be teetering on the brink of being pushed into Tier 2 as well.
Over the past week, Erewash has seen its case rate surge from 38 to 168 with 194 new infections.
Alongside this, North East Derbyshire has seen its case rate increase from 37 to 167 with 169 new cases.
Leicester was put into full lockdown when it surpassed 135 cases per 100,000 people in June – it currently has a rate of cases of 178, just above Erewash and North East Derbyshire.
It may well be the case that if North East Derbyshire is put in Tier 2, Chesterfield would have to as well, so that residents are not surrounded by areas with heightened measures.
Chesterfield is becoming more likely for Tier 2 restrictions with its rate of cases increasing by a factor of seven in just over a week – 143 cases per 100,000 up from 21.
In the week October 4-10, the areas within North East Derbyshire with the most cases revolved around Dronfield.
Cases appear to be trickling down from “high alert” Sheffield, where many residents travel to for work, showing a similar issue with Glossopdale locals travelling to “high alert” Manchester.
The district’s rate is four times what it had a week ago with 169 cases in the week October 5-11 and the area’s MP, Lee Rowley, has said that discussions are under way but no decisions have been taken.
Erewash represents the boundary between Derby and Nottingham – which has the highest rate in the country and is in Tier 2.
In the week September 27 to October 3 there were 74 new cases in the areas of Erewash bordering Nottingham and this has risen to 120 for the week of October 3-9.
In the week September 1-7 Derbyshire as a whole had 262 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
The county, including Derby, is now pushing that figure every day, with 252 cases on October 8 alone.
In the week October 1-7 Derbyshire saw 1,256 new cases, double the number a week before and tenfold the amount a month before.
The rate of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people in each Derbyshire district for the week October 5-11, followed by the number of cases is:
■ Amber Valley: 108 – 139 new cases
■ Bolsover: 122 – 98 new cases
■ Chesterfield: 143 – 150 new cases
■ Derbyshire Dales: 106 – 77 new cases
■ Derby: 124 – 319 new cases
■ Erewash: 168 – 194 new cases
■ High Peak: 188 – 174 new cases
■ North East Derbyshire: 167 – 169 new cases
■ South Derbyshire: 105 – 113 new cases
For comparison, the average rate across England is 89 cases per 100,000 people, while in Leicester it is 178 (631 new cases) and in Nottingham it is 892 (2,970 new cases).