West Kent is facing an increasing tally of weekly Covid-19 cases as December begins, with the rate of infection still much higher in Tonbridge Borough than Tunbridge Wells.

But the weekly rate in Tunbridge Wells is steadily increasing and reached a new record for the Borough in the figures released at 4pm on Monday. 

The rate hit a peak in Tunbridge Wells of 134 per 100,000 population on November 17th. It fell back to weekly case rate of 78 on 24th November, but has since climbed back up to a new record rate of 143 cases per 100,000 people over the most recent seven day reporting period. See chart below:

The national average is currently 151 cases per 100,000 of population.

Here are the latest numbers, which will be updated daily up to the Christmas holiday. (NB slide the display to see all 7 columns of numbers or view in landscape)

	Aug 1	Oct 1	Nov 1	Nov 14	Nov 30	Dec 1	Dec 2
Tun Wells	6	21	53	119	118	129	143	Tun Wells
Tonbridge	3	17	91	202	229	227	236	Tonbridge
Sevenoaks	3	23	99	197	133	138	137	Sevenoaks
Wealden*	5	13	48	125	104	105	110	Wealden*
Swale	11	22	203	619	566	575	578	Swale
Maidstone	6	11	123	236	376	391	398	Maidstone
Bromley	3	34	98	160	165	166	171	Bromley
Rother^	0	43	44	132	112	131	154	Rother^
Hastings	2	34	41	94	76	93	114	Hastings
	Aug 1	Oct 1	Nov 1	Nov 14	Nov 30	Dec 1	Dec 2
Oxford	14	133	139	249	121	128	121	Oxford
Southmptn	2	35	170	228	71	65	63	Southmptn
Bristol	4	43	407	488	166	151	141	Bristol
Nottinghm	8	412	377	263	162	161	155	Nottinghm
Cardiff	2	120	306	160	249	272	295	Cardiff
Cambridge	4	20	147	274	59	60	65	Cambridge

The figures above are confirmed cases per 100,000 of population in the previous 7 days 
*Wealden District includes Crowborough and Frant  
^ Rother District Council includes Ticehurst & Hurst Green

All statistics are sourced directly from:
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

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