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Two thirds of London boroughs have Covid-19 infection rates below the UK average, PHE figures reveal


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wo thirds of London’s boroughs now have Covid-19 infection rates below the UK average, figures released on Monday reveal.

The seven-day infection rate ranges from a 12.5 cases per 100,000 population in Bexley to 39 in Harrow, according to the latest Public Health England statistics.

Across the capital as a whole, the rate now stands at 21.9 cases per 100,000, compared with 23.4 in England 23.2 across the UK as a whole.

The incidence of the coronavirus in London is now more than 50 times smaller than it was during the second wave peak on January 4, when the infection rare reached 1,118.6.

The current figures cover the seven days up until April 28.

Over that period, 1,959 new cases were recorded in the capital – compared with 15,493 across the UK as a whole.

Twenty-one boroughs have infection rates below the UK average: Barking & Dagenham (23), Barnet (17.2), Bexley (12.5), Bromley (13.8), Camden (16.7), Croydon (17.8), Enfield (14.1), Greenwich (15.6), Hackney/City of London (16.8), Hammersmith and Fulham (21.6), Haringey (14.5), Havering (15.4), Islington (16.1), Kingston-upon-Thames (19.7), Lambeth (15), Lewisham (14.1), Merton (19.4), Richmond-upon-Thames (22.7), Southwark (15.1), Sutton (21.8) and Waltham Forest (16.6).

Eleven boroughs have case rates above the UK average. They are: Brent (33.4), Ealing (35.4), Harrow (39), Hillingdon (31), Hounslow (35.7), Kensington & Chelsea (28.8), Newham (29.2), Redbridge (25.9), Tower Hamlets (29.9), Wandsworth (25.2) and Westminster (27.9).

The latest figures were released as it was reported the one-metre-plus social distancing rule will be scrapped from June 21.

Restaurants, pubs, theatres and cinemas will be able to fully reopen for the first time in 15 months, although masks will have to be worn in some cases, according to the Times.

A return to unrestricted trading for hospitality from June 21 is “critical” and will mean firms can “come off life support”, an industry chief has said.



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