Breaking News: Infection Rates across London Boroughs Shoot Past 100 cases per 100,000

Major Incident Declared by North West Ambulance Service

Every London borough now has at least 100 cases per 100,000 people.

EVERY London borough has now seen the Covid-19 rate go above the key threshold of 100 new cases a week per 100,000, according to official figures. Three boroughs had a rate of more than 200 in the week to October 23, around double the areas least hard hit in the city.

The 100/100,000 was one of the trigger indicators used for moving London into Tier 2 restrictions 12 days ago. Hammersmith and Fulham have a rate of 212.3 (393 cases), compared to 146.4 (271 cases) for the previous seven days, followed by Kingston with a rate of 203.9 (362 cases), up from 122.8 (218).

The government yesterday said that nationwide a further 367 people died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, while there were another 22,885 lab-confirmed cases of the virus.


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