How Hartlepool's weekly coronavirus rate compares to the rest of the region
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The latest statistics show that an infection rate of 348.1 per 100,000 people has been recorded, which equals 326 cases.
That compares to a rate of 273.3 per 100,000 people, or 256 cases, the week before.
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Hide AdThe figures put the town in 34th place in a list of council areas across England.
The figures, for the seven days to October 18, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government’s testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).
The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.
Data for the most recent four days (October 19-22) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.
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Hide AdThe numbers continue to fall in the areas with the highest rates in England.
In Knowsley, 1,000 new cases were recorded in the seven days to October 18 – the equivalent of 662.9 cases per 100,000 people.
This is down from 700.6 cases per 100,000 in the seven days to October 11.
Nottingham has the second highest rate, but this is down sharply from 926.7 to 610.1, with 2,031 new cases.
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Hide AdLiverpool is in third place, where the rate has dropped from 681.1 to 582.5, with 2,901 new cases.
Case rates have also continued to decrease in the cities of Newcastle, Exeter, Sheffield, Manchester and Oxford.
Areas recording big jumps in their seven-day rates include Rossendale (up from 324.6 to 535.8, with 383 new cases); Barnsley (up from 279.9 to 454.5, with 1,122 new cases); and Blackpool (up from 288.3 to 420.2, with 586 new cases).
The list has been calculated by the PA news agency and is based on Public Health England data published on October 22 on the Government’s coronavirus dashboard.
Here is the North East list in full.
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Hide AdFrom left to right, it reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to October 18; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to October 18; rate of new cases in the seven days to October 11; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to October 11.
Stockton-on-Tees 356.7 (704), 342.5 (676)
Middlesbrough 349.0 (492), 280.9 (396)
Hartlepool 348.1 (326), 273.3 (256)
County Durham 329.2 (1745), 338.1 (1792)
Sunderland 321.9 (894), 299.2 (831)
Newcastle upon Tyne 313.1 (948), 466.6 (1413)
Darlington 286.5 (306), 206.9 (221)
Redcar and Cleveland 280.7 (385), 210.7 (289)
Gateshead 258.8 (523), 255.4 (516)
South Tyneside 235.1 (355), 245.1 (370)
North Tyneside 210.7 (438), 251.5 (523)
Northumberland 175.5 (566), 175.5 (566)
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