THE majority of areas of Warrington saw falls in their coronavirus infection rates this past week.
In total, 16 areas if the town recorded a decrease in new Covid cases, while nine areas saw cases rise.
The largest rise was seen in Callands and Old Hall, which saw cases more than double in the space of a week.
On the other side of the coin is nearby Kingswood and Whittle Hall, where infection rates fell by more than half.
Infection rates are published using Public Health England figures via an interactive map on the Government’s online coronavirus dashboard.
At the time of writing, the map displayed the number and rate of new cases in each area of Warrington in the seven days up to August 22.
Here is the number of new cases (rate of new cases per 100,000 people and change in case numbers from the previous week) in each area of Warrington:
Fairfield and Howley – 64 (534.2 – up 6 cases)
Callands and Old Hall – 59 (528.4 – up 35 cases)
Orford – 49 (547.5 – up 10 cases)
Woolston – 48 (694.4 – up 15 cases)
Houghton Green and Fearnhead – 47 (586.5 – up 16 cases)
Central Warrington – 42 (361.4 – down 3 cases)
Blackbrook – 37 (398.7 – up 12 cases)
Hood Manor and Sankey Bridges – 33 (365.2 – up 1 case)
Latchford – 33 (340.2 – down 6 cases)
Lymm – 31 (243.9 – down 11 cases)
Kingswood and Whittle Hall – 30 (292.1 – down 17 cases)
Stockton Heath and Hillcliffe – 27 (295.7 – down 5 cases)
Padgate and Paddington – 25 (285.6 – down 1 case)
Penketh and Cuerdley – 24 (291.4 – down 11 cases)
Hulme – 24 (288.4 – down 6 cases)
Winwick and Burtonwood – 23 (362.5 – up 12 cases)
Bewsey and Dallam – 19 (227.8 – down 12 cases)
Oakwood and Gorse Covert – 18 (339.5 – down 1 case)
Culcheth West and Croft – 17 (232.6 – down 4 cases)
Great Sankey – 17 (230.4 – down 3 cases)
Culcheth East and Hollins Green – 15 (232.5 – down 2 cases)
Appleton – 14 (249.3 – up 3 cases)
Grappenhall and Thelwall – 13 (167.1 – down 13 cases)
Appleton Thorn, Stretton and Walton – 11 (170.4 – down 6 cases)
Locking Stumps – 9 (181.5 – down 12 cases)
To see the map, click here.
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