Leominster and the surrounding area recorded one of the lowest COVID-19 infection rates in the UK in the week ending 22nd June, latest data released by Public Health England shows.
Infection rates in Leominster North, Leominster South, the Wigmore area, the Shobdon and Bodenham area and Bromyard area were all considered to be too low to record an infection rate, with each area recording fewer than three new cases of the virus.
Herefordshire’s overall COVID-19 infection rate remains one of the lowest in England, with an infection rate of 35.8 cases per 100,000 population recorded in the seven day period ending 22nd June. This is considerably lower than some surrounding counties including Gloucestershire (infection rate of 139.9 cases per 100,000 population) and Shropshire (infection rate of 64.4 cases per 100,000 population).
The areas that recorded the most cases in the seven day period ending 22nd June were: (Infection Rates per 100,000 Population in Brackets)
Penyard, Llangarron & Goodrich – 8 new cases (66.3)
Kingstone & Kingsthorne – 6 new cases (53.2)
Hereford North East – 4 new cases (51.6)
Fownhope, Tarrington & Marcle – 3 new cases (43.7)
Belmont, Madley & Clehonger – 3 new cases (44.3)
Hereford South – 5 new cases (51.1)
Ross-on-Wye – 10 new cases (88.4)
Golden Valley – 7 new cases (112.1)
Hereford North West – 3 new cases (32.2)
Credenhill, Weobley & Wellington – 4 new cases (41.6)
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
Hereford East
Wigmore, Orleton & Brimfield
Hereford Central
Hereford West
Hereford South West
Leominster North
Leominster South
Kington, Eardisley & Staunton
Bromyard & Bishop’s Frome
SOURCE – https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/interactive-map
