West Kent has been approaching Christmas facing a relentlessly increasing tally of Covid-19 cases, although the weekly case rate in Tunbridge Wells Borough dropped marginally in the latest calculation, according to the very latest figures released on Friday.
Meanwhile, Hastings and the Rother district of Sussex (which includes Ticehurst and borders Kent) is seeing tighter restrictions from Saturday having being moved up to Tier 3, so closing restaurants and pubs (except for takeaways) which is the existing situation in Tunbridge Wells.
The case rate in Tunbridge Wells is 39% above the England average. Tonbridge has a rate more than twice the England average.
Back on November 17th, the rate hit a peak in Tunbridge Wells of 134 per 100,000 population. Fortunately, it fell back to a weekly case rate of 78 on 24th November, but since then has sadly climbed back up – to a new record rate of 307 cases per 100,000 people over the week to December 12th. The latest figure is for December 13th and is 306 cases per 100,000.
Here are the latest numbers: (NB slide the display to see all 7 columns of numbers or view in landscape).
Aug 1 | Oct 1 | Nov 1 | Nov 14 | Dec 11 | Dec 12 | Dec 13 | ||
Tun Wells | 6 | 21 | 53 | 119 | 289 | 307 | 306 | Tun Wells |
Tonbridge | 3 | 17 | 91 | 202 | 437 | 459 | 484 | Tonbridge |
Sevenoaks | 3 | 23 | 99 | 197 | 247 | 260 | 290 | Sevenoaks |
Wealden* | 5 | 13 | 48 | 125 | 153 | 168 | 199 | Wealden* |
Swale | 11 | 22 | 203 | 619 | 727 | 749 | 752 | Swale |
Maidstone | 6 | 11 | 123 | 236 | 555 | 574 | 612 | Maidstone |
Bromley | 3 | 34 | 98 | 160 | 321 | 348 | 378 | Bromley |
Rother^ | 0 | 43 | 44 | 132 | 300 | 340 | 377 | Rother^ |
Hastings | 2 | 34 | 41 | 94 | 455 | 509 | 589 | Hastings |
Aug 1 | Oct 1 | Nov 1 | Nov 14 | Dec 11 | Dec 12 | Dec 13 | ||
Oxford | 14 | 133 | 139 | 249 | 180 | 184 | 220 | Oxford |
Southmptn | 2 | 35 | 170 | 228 | 90 | 98 | 101 | Southmptn |
Bristol | 4 | 43 | 407 | 488 | 117 | 120 | 129 | Bristol |
Nottinghm | 8 | 412 | 377 | 263 | 162 | 166 | 171 | Nottinghm |
Cardiff | 2 | 120 | 306 | 160 | 558 | 578 | 603 | Cardiff |
Cambridge | 4 | 20 | 147 | 274 | 98 | 103 | 112 | Cambridge |
ENGLAND | n/a | 101 | 232 | 275 | 197 | 207 | 220 | ENGLAND |
WALES | n/a | 102 | 287 | 184 | 523 | 545 | 572 | WALES |
The figures above are confirmed cases per 100,000 of population in the previous 7 days, dated to when the test was taken.
*Wealden District includes Crowborough and Frant
^ Rother District Council includes Ticehurst & Hurst Green
This is how the trend in Tunbridge Wells Borough looks in a graph:
This is how the trend in England looks in a graph:
There were 2 more deaths recorded in the week ending 4th December in Tunbridge Wells, taking the total number who have Covid mentioned on their death certificate to 91.
There were 5 deaths recorded in Tonbridge in the latest week, bringing the total deaths of residents of that Borough linked to Covid-19 to 90.
All statistics are sourced directly from:
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/