Herefordshire’s COVID-19 infection rate continues to rise, with a further 24 cases of the virus confirmed today, taking the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 recorded in Herefordshire since the start of the pandemic to 7,536.
Herefordshire’s infection rate continues to rise, with an infection rate of 49.8 cases per 100,000 population recorded in the 7 day period ending 27th June. In the 7 day period ending 1st July, Herefordshire recorded 120 new cases of COVID-19, indicating that Herefordshire’s COVID-19 infection rate will continue to rise over the coming days.
The areas that recorded the most cases in the seven day period ending 27th June were: (Infection Rates per 100,000 Population in Brackets)
Penyard, Llangarron & Goodrich – 5 new cases (41.5)
Kingstone & Kingsthorne – 5 new cases (44.4)
Hereford North East – 4 new cases (51.6)
Fownhope, Tarrington & Marcle – 4 new cases (58.3)
Belmont, Madley & Clehonger – 7 new cases (103.3)
Hereford South – 6 new cases (61.4)
Ross-on-Wye – 6 new cases (53.1)
Golden Valley – 16 new cases (256.2)
Hereford North West – 5 new cases (53.8)
Credenhill, Weobley & Wellington – 10 new cases (104.1)
Hereford East – 3 new cases (50.1)
Hereford Central – 3 new cases (29.8)
Hereford West – 5 new cases (69.7)
Kington, Eardisley & Staunton – 3 new cases (36.5)
Bromyard & Bishop’s Frome – 5 new cases (46.4)
The areas that recorded fewer than three new cases in the seven day period ending 22nd June were:
Colwall, Cradley & Wellington Heath
Shobdon, Luston & Bodenham
Lugwardine, Withington & Moreton on Lugg
Ledbury
Wigmore, Orleton & Brimfield
Hereford South West
Leominster North
Leominster South
SOURCE – https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/interactive-map
