The most recent Covid hotspots across the South West are revealed as the region's hospital admissions surge to the highest in the country. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the South West has seen a 250 per cent increase in coronavirus admissions since the middle of September.
The government has a coronavirus heat map, which measures the number of new infections and the rate of cases across the country. According to the data, Devon has a case rate of 122 per 100,000, while Cornwall averages 102.7.
In Somerset, the figure is 93.5 and in the city of Bristol it is 79.9. Meanwhile, Gloucestershire has an average of 103 cases per 100,000 people.
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The rolling rate is found by calculating the amount of cases in the last seven days divided by the amount of people living in the area. Then that figure is multiplied by 100,000.
Below is a breakdown of the figures in each county region, with the number of new cases in the week leading up to October 1, the percentage increase of cases from the seven days prior, and the latest case rate per 100,000 people. Specific data for council areas in Cornwall, Wiltshire and Dorset is not available.
Cornwall (and Isles of Scilly)
- 591 new cases - 6.3 per cent rise.
- 102.7 per 100,000
Devon
Plymouth:
- 376 new cases - 52.2 per cent rise.
- 143.1 per 100,000.
South Hams:
- 116 new cases - 61.1 per cent rise.
- 131.9 per 100,000.
Torbay:
- 162 new cases - 40.9 per cent rise.
- 118.9 per 100,000.
Teignbridge:
- 165 new cases - 18.7 per cent rise.
- 122.2 per 100,000
Exeter:
- 171 new cases - 27.6 per cent rise.
- 128.3 per 100,000
East Devon:
- 150 new cases - 10.3 per cent rise.
- 101.3 per 100,000
Mid Devon:
- 119 new cases - 24 per cent rise
- 142.9 per 100,000
West Devon:
- 105 new cases - 28 per cent rise.
- 187 per 100,000
Torridge:
- 74 new cases - 60.9 per cent rise.
- 107.7 per 100,000
North Devon:
- 89 new cases - 9.2 per cent drop.
- 90.7 per 100,000
Somerset
South Somerset
- 181 new cases - 49.6 per cent rise.
- 107.3 per 100,000
Somerset West and Taunton
- 145 new cases - 46.5 per cent rise.
- 93.3 per 100,000
Sedgemoor
- 105 new cases - 9.4 per cent rise.
- 85.1 per 100,000
Mendip
- 96 new cases - 21.5 per cent rise.
- 82.6 per 100,000
Bath and North East Somerset
- 154 new cases - 6.2 per cent rise.
- 78.4 per 100,000
North Somerset
- 282 new cases - 27 per cent rise.
- 130.8 per 100,000
Bristol
City of Bristol
- 372 new cases - 21.6 per cent rise.
- 79.9 per 100,000
South Gloucestershire
- 309 new cases - 37.3 per cent rise.
- 107.4 per 100,000
Gloucestershire
Gloucester
- 122 new cases - 0 per cent rise.
- 94.1 per 100,000
Cheltenham
- 93 new cases - 7.9 per cent drop.
- 80.1 per 100,000
Stroud
- 138 new cases - 27.8 per cent rise.
- 114.1 per 100,000
Cotswolds
- 101 new cases - 40.3 per cent rise.
- 111.9 per 100,000
Forest of Dean
- 91 new cases - 2.2 per cent drop.
- 104.5 per 100,000
Tewkesbury
- 115 new cases - 8 per cent drop.
- 119 per 100,000
Dorset
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 412 new cases - 23.0 per cent rise
- 103.8 per 100,000
Dorset (local authority)
- 477 new cases - 28.9 per cent rise.
- 125.6 per 100,000
Wiltshire
Swindon
- 223 new cases - 22.5 per cent rise
- 100.1 per 100,000
Wiltshire (local authority)
- 572 new cases - 19.4 per cent rise
- 113.5 per 100,000
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