Where are the places with the fewest cases?
CORONAVIRUS cases are dropping in most places across the country as the impact of the lockdown and vaccination programme are kicking in.
And some areas are seeing hardly any cases as coronavirus is now classed as being “suppressed” in these places.
Derbyshire does not have any areas classed as suppressed, but does have places with a low number of cases, as does Staffordshire.
Public Health England publishes a colour-coded map showing the rate of cases for each area. If an area is white then the cases have been suppressed and light green is a rate of between 10 and 49.
It then goes to a darker green and blue for higher rates, with the areas with the highest rate of cases shaded in purple. These latest figures cover the seven-day period up to Tuesday, February 16, which are the most upto-date available.
The figures below show the following data: infection rate; number of new cases; percentage change compared to the previous seven days.
Areas with the lowest infection rates per every 100,000 residents, ranked highest to lowest:
STAFFORDSHIRE
Kidsgrove West - rate of 34.4; three cases; down 75 per cent Norton - rate of 36.6; three cases; down 66.7 per cent
Mosspit and Silkmore Lane - rate 37.8; three cases; down 80 per cent Silverdale and Keele - rate of 41.7; four cases; down 76.5 per cent Weston and Haywood - rate of 45.8; four cases; down 63.6 per cent Alsager East - rate of 45.9; three cases; stays the same
DERBYSHIRE
Matlock South, Cromford and Winster - rate of 43.5; four cases; down 71.4 per cent
Ambergate, Heage and Idridgehay rate of 45.2; three cases; down 62.5 per cent
Bakewell North, Baslow and Calver rate of 47.4; three cases; stays the same
Heanor South and Shipley Park - rate of 49.4; four cases; down 71.4 per cent