Coronavirus cases continue to fall in Chesterfield ahead of lockdown tier announcement

Most recent figures from the government health body which based on tests carried out in laboratories and the community from the seven days to November 21 shows the number of cases in Chesterfield has fallen from 340 to 187.

The rate of infection in the town is also down from an average of 324.1 infections in every 100,000 people in the week ending November 14 to 178.3 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to November 21.

Virus cases have fallen in North East Derbyshire too, with the number of infections decreasing from 270 cases in the previous week to 240 positive tests.

The area’s average rate of infection lowered from 266.1 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to November 14 to 236.5 new cases in every 100,000 people in the week ending November 21.

A total of 276 areas in England also documented a decrease in case rates, out of 315 local authorities.

Swale in Kent continues to have the highest rate in England, with 803 new cases recorded in the seven days to November 21 – the equivalent of 535.0 cases per 100,000 people.

This is down from 619.7 in the seven days to November 14.

Thanet has the second highest rate, down slightly from 517.9 to 493.2, with 700 new cases.

Hull is in third place, where the rate has dropped sharply from 754.5 to 490.4, with 1,274 new infections.

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