Coronavirus infection rates continue to fall across London and are way below the level they were at when the second national lockdown ended.
Ealing, the worst affected borough in the capital, has posted a seven-day infection rate of 180.2 after 616 new infections were confirmed between February 8 and 14.
A week prior that figure was almost double – a trend running throughout London – at 1,013 new cases in a week (an infection rate of 296.4).
The rate of infection is expressed as the number of new cases over seven days per 100,000 people.
Data for the most recent four days has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.
The rate of infection across the whole capital, now 110.1, is well below the level it was at when the second national lockdown was ended on December 2 – 172.6.
The lowest rate of infection can be found Camden, 59.3; the borough reported 160 new cases in the seven days to February 14 down from a rate of 99.2 the week before.
East London boroughs Redbridge, Waltham Forest, which in the middle of January posted some of the highest infection rates in England, are now sitting closer to the 100 mark after recording respective infection rates of 103.9 and 102.9 down from 189.7 and 167.5.
In the last week the rate of infection has fallen fastest in Hounslow, where after recording 793 new cases and an infection rate of 292.1 in the seven day to February 7, the rate has now fallen to 161.7 after 493 new infections in in the seven days to February 14.
Every London borough has posted a lower rate of infection for the seven days to February 14 than the week before.
Of the 315 local areas in England, 13 have seen a rise in case rates, 301 (96 per cent) having recorded a fall. One is unchanged.
Corby in Northamptonshire has the highest rate in England, with 229 new cases recorded in the seven days to February 14.
Amid falling rates across the capital and country, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce on Monday his “road map” for easing lockdown restrictions in England.
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