Latest coronavirus rate for each part of Sheffield and South Yorkshire with 2 areas above 500

Coronavirus rates are slowing in Sheffield and Barnsley though three South Yorkshire areas are in the top 20 nationally for the rate of new cases of Covid-19.
By Kev Rogers
Published 3rd Nov 2020, 08:53 GMT
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The news comes in the latest update of the rolling seven-day rate of new cases of coronavirus for every local authority area in England, published on Monday afternoon.

Sheffield has had 2353 new cases in the week up to October 29, a rate of 402.3 per 100,000 compared to 2763 new cases and a rate of 472.4 the previous week.

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A general view of the entrance of the Northern General Hospital (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)A general view of the entrance of the Northern General Hospital (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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Doncaster was eighth in the national list with 1694 new cases in the seven days up to October 29 and a rate of 543.1 per 100,000. That’s up from 1589 new cases and a rate of 509.5 for the previous week.

Rotherham was 10th in the national list with 1375 new cases and a rate of 518.1, up from 1294 cases and a rate of 487.5 cases per 100,000.

Barnsley is 12th in the table though cases have fallen there with 1213 new cases, a rate of 491.4 per 100,000 compared to 1393 and a rate of 564.3 the previous week.

The figures, for the seven days to October 29, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government’s testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).

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The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.

Blackburn with Darwen continues to have the highest rate in England, with 1,086 new cases recorded in the seven days to October 29 – the equivalent of 725.5 cases per 100,000 people.

This is down slightly from 768.9 cases per 100,000 in the seven days to October 22.

Oldham has the second highest rate, up from 634.7 to 696.7, with 1,652 new cases.

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Here is the list in full. From left to right, it reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to October 29; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to October 29; rate of new cases in the seven days to October 22; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to October 22.

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Blackburn with Darwen 725.5 (1086), 768.9 (1151)

Oldham 696.7 (1652), 634.7 (1505)

Wigan 667.3 (2193), 612.8 (2014)

Salford 628.6 (1627), 588.8 (1524)

Rochdale 580.9 (1292), 593.0 (1319)

Bury 556.6 (1063), 516.3 (986)

Bolton 546.3 (1571), 539.0 (1550)

Doncaster 543.1 (1694), 509.5 (1589)

Tameside 531.6 (1204), 474.6 (1075)

Rotherham 518.1 (1375), 487.5 (1294)

Bradford 515.2 (2781), 480.4 (2593)

Barnsley 491.4 (1213), 564.3 (1393)

Hyndburn 482.5 (391), 498.5 (404)

Manchester 473.9 (2620), 498.9 (2758)

Rossendale 458.9 (328), 653.3 (467)

Stockport 450.9 (1323), 378.0 (1109)

Pendle 450.5 (415), 496.1 (457)

South Staffordshire 446.5 (502), 289.9 (326)

Kirklees 444.1 (1953), 391.1 (1720)

Warrington 441.4 (927), 409.5 (860)

Wakefield 439.8 (1532), 417.2 (1453)

Charnwood 433.1 (805), 413.8 (769)

Preston 429.7 (615), 493.2 (706)

Leeds 421.7 (3345), 421.7 (3345)

Knowsley 421.6 (636), 612.5 (924)

St Helens 408.1 (737), 471.8 (852)

Blackpool 408.0 (569), 540.7 (754)

North East Lincolnshire 403.0 (643), 322.1 (514)

Sheffield 402.3 (2353), 472.4 (2763)

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