London coronavirus cases by borough revealed as weekly infections fall by third in half of capital

ovid-19 instances fell by a minimum of a 3rd in every week in half of London boroughs, official figures reveal right this moment.

4 boroughs in east London, the world of the city hardest hit by the second wave, noticed drops of greater than 40 per cent.

Confirmed instances have been down 46 per cent in Bexley within the week to January 15, in comparison with the earlier week, 42.3 per cent in Redbridge, 41.1 per cent in Barking and Dagenham and 40.5 per cent in Havering.

Nevertheless, illness ranges throughout town nonetheless stay excessive with 16 boroughs having a seven-day fee of greater than 700 new instances every week per 100,000 inhabitants.

5 nonetheless have a fee above 900 together with Barking and Dagenham on 965.7, Brent 951.9, Newham 929.4, Hounslow 926.3 and Ealing 913.1.

Even, the borough with the bottom fee, Richmond, has solely gone right down to 363.6, with all of the others above 400.

Well being chiefs and ministers are urging Londoners to stick to the rules to drive down instances additional in coming weeks as hospitals within the capital battle to deal with a surge in Covid sufferers.

An additional 272 fatalities within the capital, inside 28 days of individuals testing constructive for the virus, have been introduced on Wednesday, taking the entire to 11,681.

The variety of Covid sufferers within the metropolis’s hospitals was 7,711 as of Tuesday, down from 7,917 the day gone by, and with 1,207 so severely unwell that they’re on ventilators.

Hospital Covid admissions have dropped however there have been nonetheless 5,317  within the week to January 17, with 652 on that day.

An extra 6,190 confirmed Covid instances have been introduced on Wednesday for town, which whereas nonetheless excessive, is round half the quantity on some days earlier in January.

The seven-day fee for town has fallen to 706.1 per 100,000 Londoners as of January 15, down from a peak of 1,118.3 on January 4.

For individuals aged 60 and over it has dropped to 651, nonetheless an especially regarding stage provided that this age group is extra susceptible to endure extreme Covid illness, and for these 59 and underneath it has fallen to 716.9.

The complete figures present Bexley noticed 1646 instances within the week to January 15, down 1,402 (46%) fee 662.9, Redbridge 2444 instances, down 1,791 (42.3%) fee 800.7, Barking and Dagenham 2056 instances, down 1,434 (41.1%) fee 965.7, Havering 1772 instances, down 1,207 (40.5%) fee 682.7, Bromley 1833 instances, down 1,245 (40.4%) fee 551.6, Enfield 2564 instances, down 1,550 (37.7%) fee 768.1, Southwark 2155 instances, down 1,317 (37.9%) fee 675.9, Newham 3282 instances, down 1,992 (37.8%) fee 929.4, Kingston 783 instances, down 470 (37.5%) fee 441.1, Waltham Forest 2091 instances, down 1,221 (36.9%) fee 754.9, Tower Hamlets 2481 instances, down 1,388 (35.9%) fee 764 and Lewisham 2151 instances, down 1,176 (35.3%) fee 703.3.

In Greenwich, there have been 2147 instances, down 1,150 (34.9%) fee 745.6, Camden 1226 instances, down 646 (34.5%) fee 454, Haringey 1915 instances, down 991 (34.1%) fee 712.8, Kensington and Chelsea 734 instances, down 375 (33.8%) fee 470.1, Richmond 720 instances, down 357 (33.1%) fee 363.6, Islington 1346 instances, down 665 (33.1%) fee 555.1, Hillingdon 2240 instances, down 1,090 (32.7%) fee 730, Barnet 2674 instances, down 1,298 (32.7%) fee 675.5, Wandsworth 1853 instances, down 831 (31%) fee 562.1, Harrow 1765 instances, down 727 (29.2%) fee 702.7, Sutton 1418 instances, down 579 (29%) fee 687.2.

Lambeth 2363 instances, down 961 (28.9%) fee 724.8, Croydon 3168 instances, down 1,237 (28.1) fee 819.2, Merton 1404 instances, down 516 (26.9%) fee 679.7, Hammersmith and Fulham 1078 instances, down 381 (26.1%) fee 582.3, Hackney and Metropolis of London 1989 instances, down 703 (26.1%) fee 683.9, Westminster 1205 instances, down 388 (24.4%) fee 461.1, Hounslow 2515 instances, down 692 (21.6%) fee 926.3, Ealing 3121 instances, down 804 (20.5%) fee 913.1, and  Brent 3139 instances, down 601 (16.1%) fee 951.9.