Unlucky 13 as Covid hotspots are revealed
THE 13 areas of Derbyshire with the highest rates of Covid-19 have been revealed – and it makes for grim reading for those in Derby.
Official data from the Government shows that the city contains eight of the ten communities with the highest coronavirus rates in the county.
The highest of these is in the Rose Hill and Castleward area, as reported on the front page of yesterday’s Derby Telegraph.
It has a rate more than twice the national average – at 1.240.4 cases per 100,000 people.
This has prompted the council to try and recruit business and religious leaders in an effort to spread a safety message and help drive down rates in the Derby suburb.
The second highest rate in Derbyshire can be found in Bolsover South and Glapwell, which has a rate of 1,042.7 cases per 100,000 people.
However, after this, the next highest rates can be found in other parts of Derby including Sunny Hill, New Normanton, Normanton North and Peartree, Sinfin and Mackworth.
The only other part of Derbyshire in the top 10 is Bolsover North and Shuttlewood, which has 778.9 cases per 100,000 people.
Within Derby and Derbyshire there are specific hot-spots where cases are rising more quickly than in other areas.
During the pandemic, Public Health England (PHE) maps data showing the rates of coronavirus infection in different areas.
It has opened up a glimpse into the fascinating and often baffling peaks and troughs of infection rates across the Derby and Derbyshire.
The map is colour-coded from white – where the virus is being suppressed – through to green where cases are low and then through gradually darker shades of blue and claret as the numbers increase and finally to a black colour. The map provides the seven-day rolling rates which are calculated by dividing the seven day count by the area population and multiplying by 100,000. There are multiple areas of purple, which means they have a rolling weekly rate of more than 400, as well as multiple areas of black, which