City Covid hotspots revealed

THE hotspots for coronavirus cases across Leicester have been revealed.

Latest analysis has shown the areas which have the highest and lowest coronavirus infection rates.

Public health officials have released a breakdown of the situation with the virus in each of the city’s 37 neighbourhoods.

The figures cover the seven-day period up to New Year’s Day and they show a dozen parts of the city where the incidence rate was higher than 500 cases per 100,000.

Hamilton’s rate was the highest, at 944.9 cases per 100,000 people, after 136 new Covid-19 cases were found in a week. The lowest rate was in Newfoundpool where the city council set up Leicester’s first rapid lateral flow testing walk-in centre.

Nearly 2,800 asymptomatic people have so far been tested with one in 30 found to be positive.

Area by area breakdown: Hamilton 944.9136 (cases per 100,000 people)

Evington 745.562

Humberstone 737.658 Netherhall, Thurnby Lodge 736.378 Castle Hill 697.544

St Saviours 689.469

Rushey Mead 595.346 Stoneygate 590.78

Belgrave 589.654

New Parks East 546.744 Aylestone 544.943 South Knighton 526.237 Abbey 479.754

Spinney Hills 478.954 Eyres Monsell 448.336 Braunstone West 442.431 Crown Hills 432.747

New Parks West 431.935 Saffron 424.32

Latimer South 419.40 Beaumont Leys 416.742 Western Park 405.442 Mowmacre, Stocking Farm 398.745 Braunstone East 375.31

Clarendon Park 364.743

St Matthews and St Peter’s 352.741 Latimer North 347.729

Northfields 342.129

West Knighton 328.529

Charnwood 317.245

West End 312.145

Rowley Fields 272.322

Rushey Fields 249.717

Aylestone Park 211.714

City centre South, Southfields 169.123 City centre North 164.119 Newfoundpool 151.413