Covid-19 Cases Across Harborough Rise By 75% In Seven Days

Cases of Coronavirus across the Harborough District continue to rise sharply.

411 people tested positive in the seven days to yesterday – a 75% increase on the previous week – with 177 new cases confirmed.

The district’s infection rate is now 340.1 per 100,000, people according to the latest government figures – the second highest in Leicestershire.

More than 50,000 coronavirus cases have now been recorded across Leicester and Leicestershire since the start of the pandemic.

Source: Government Coronvirus dashboard

The latest seven-day infection rates, area by area, and total cases, are:

• Oadby and Wigston: 391.1 cases per 100,000 people (223 cases in the last seven days)
• Harborough: 340.1 cases per 100,000 people (411 cases in the last seven days)
• Blaby: 291.6 cases per 100,000 people (296)
• Melton: 267.5 cases per 100,000 people (137)
• North West Leicestershire: 252.9 cases per 100,000 people (262)
• Hinckley and Bosworth: 238.7 cases per 100,000 people (270)
• England Average: 476.9 cases per 100,000 people (268,433)