Coronavirus infections continue to rise across the UK with roughly one in 17 people now testing positive. In Nottinghamshire the situation varies depending on the area in which you live, with some regions reporting an influx in cases and others a very low number.
In the UK around 3.8 million people have tested positive and this number has been rising since June. Most new cases are now caused by subvariants of the dominant Omicron strain.
And there is a new sub-strain of Omicron which has been named Centaurus. Health experts and virologists across the globe have voiced some concern over the new variant which is more readily being recorded in tests.
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Centaurus, or BA.2.75 variant as it is also known, is rapidly spreading in India and has arrived in the UK in recent weeks. It is being closely monitored due to its yet-unknown potential impact.
In Nottinghamshire four areas have extremely low infection rates with few cases, while five areas have much higher rates of infection.
Shown below is the area, the number of cases recorded in the week to July 15 and how this compares to the previous week, as well as infection rates.
Lowest rates
City centre and Trent Bridge: 12 cases (-12)/91 per 100,000
Bakersfield: 8 cases (-9)/98.3 per 100,000
Hyson Green: 8 cases (-3)/85.7 per 100,000
Manton, Clumber and Elkesley: 5 cases (-8)/77.6 per 100,000
Highest rates
Abbott Road and Pleasley Hill: 34 cases (-29)/400.8 per 100,000
Sutton Forest and New Cross: 45 cases (+17)/ 416.7 per 100,000
Mapperley: 36 cases (+12)/416.2 per 100,000
Radcliffe and Shelford: 38 (-6)/402.5 per 100,000
Beeston Rylands: 26 (+3)/454.7 per 100,000
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