Covid-19 Infection Rate Across Harborough Jumps To 8th Highest In England
Written by HFM News on 30th September 2021
The coronavirus infection rate across Harborough has risen to the eighth highest in England.
A large number of cases in schoolchildren aged 10 to 14 has contributed to the increase.
Latest figures from Public Health England show the rate per 100,000 people here is 649, nearly double the national average, with 605 new cases in the past seven days – 133 more than the previous week and a rise of 28%.
The rate in the 10-14 age group is the past week was 4,283.8 per 100,000 meaning around 1 in 23 youngsters in that age group had contracted the virus.
Two other areas of Leicestershire are also in the top ten list of places with the highest infection rate, out of 330 across England.
Public Health bosses have previously said the rates in Leicestershire have risen quicker than other parts of the country, as youngsters returned to the classroom sooner after the summer holidays.
Kettering in Northamptonshire has the highest rate.
