ONCE again, there is good news and bad news in the Covid-19 figures for Harlow.

There is a 28.6% drop compared to seven days ago. This is the fifth day in a row this has occurred.

There has also been a fall in infections with Harlow’s figure going down to 1092.3 per 100,000.

That is the lowest rate since New Years Eve.

The total number of cases is 951. A fall of 127.

However there continue to be warning signs with Harlow still at fifth in the league table.

And some may ask why other areas win Essex are declining at a faster rate than Harlow. For example, Epping Forest is now 47th and Basildon 49th in the table. Brentwood is at 106th.

Plus it is a fact that Harlow still has the highest number of infections in the whole of Essex.

Remember this refers to January 11th but published on January 16th.

This still continues to confirm that we are in a for a very difficult January and underline why the authorities have declared that the whole county has to be treated as the scene of a “major incident”.

YH understands that there are 183 Covid in-patients, including 18 on ventilators.

There are 93 outstanding test results.

There are now 10 Covid wards at PAH. Lister, Locke, Penn, Harold, Kingsmoor, Charnley, John Snow, Henry Moore and ITU.

Previous Figures: Publication Date:

Reference point

https://coronavstats.co.uk

Plus Twitter account @RP131

If you are interested in flu rates etc then we can signpost you to the Twitter account of @jburnmurdoch who will in turn explain Public Health data.

Increase

Dec 16th: 581.2

Dec 21st: 933.8

Dec 25th: 939.5

Dec 29th: 1188.7

Jan 4th: 1524.1

On November 19th it was 251st out of 315 local authorities. Then the rate started to rise and it climbed up the chart. By November 30th, it was in 53rd place.

The infection rate tells a similar story. Back on September 30th it was 29.9. October 16th: 68.9. November 8th: 118.3. November 22nd it was 206.7. December 2nd it was 221.7.

For further reference, may we signpost is channel which has, to date, over 800 Covid-related news items on channel since March. Go to our Covid-19 report on December 12th for a fuller explanation of the statistics.

https://www.yourharlow.com/category/health-and-well-being/covid-19/

Look at the percentage increase of the areas close to Harlow.

Other areas

It is worth observing how many areas near us have seen a decline in infections and have dropped down the table.

Thurrock: 6th: 1060.6

Broxbourne: 33rd: 899.5

Basildon: 34th: 1077.5

Havering : 42nd: 844.5

Epping Forest: 47th: 801.9

Braintree: 51st: 787.7

Chelmsford: 59th: 765.7

Southend: 60th: 758.0

Brentwood: 106th: 597.7

Local Authorities

England local authorities by highest number of COVID-19 positives per 100k population.

Seven–day rolling rate by specimen date – ending Jan 11th.