There are 31 neighbourhoods in Merseyside where coronavirus rates are not currently suppressed as coronavirus restrictions ease.
Most of the neighbourhoods with the highest infection rates are in Sefton, where an outbreak centred around Formby is one of a number across the country being fuelled in large part by the Indian variant.
Formby itself has three of the five neighbourhoods with the highest infection rates, but high rates have also been recorded in areas of Ainsdale, Maghull and Bootle.
Recent days have shown signs that Formby’s outbreak could be declining in an encouraging sign as coronavirus restrictions were eased further yesterday.
Bars and restaurants can now open indoors and indoor mixing is allowed with the Rule of Six applied.
However, the government is warning that there is still significant potential that its June 21 target date to end most restrictions could be put in doubt if the variant is significantly more transmissible.
Information available so far does not indicate that vaccines will not work against the variant, which has now been found in more than 80 local authority areas, and people are being urged to book a jab as soon as they are eligible.
Of the Merseyside neighbourhoods recording discernible coronavirus rates, Formby Central & Freshfield South has the highest at 258.6 cases per 100,000 people.
The lowest recorded rate is in Blackbrook in St Helens, with an infection rate of 32.3 cases per 100,000 people.
All other neighbourhoods with a lower rate than Blackbrook have recorded less than three cases in the last seven days meaning the virus is recorded as “suppressed” there and an infection rate is not calculated.
Here are the neighbourhoods in our region where coronavirus levels are not currently suppressed (ranked by number of cases per 100,000 people)
- Formby Central & Freshfield South – 258.6
- Formby West & Freshfield North, Sefton – 171.2
- Ainsdale West, Sefton – 135.5
- Formby South East & Ince Blundell, Sefton – 125.9
- Bootle North, Sefton- 85.4
- Maghull North West & Lydiate – 74.2
- Eccleston, St Helens – 73.1
- Formby South West, Sefton – 72.5
- Town Centre West, St Helens – 67.6
- Brighton le Sands & Crosby West, Sefton – 66.7
- Hightown & Thornton, Sefton – 66.4
- Waterloo, Sefton – 64.8
- Litherland South, Sefton – 60.7
- Walton Vale, Liverpool – 59
- Litherland North, Sefton – 55.7
- Kirkby South East, Knowsley – 53.4
- Rainford, St Helens – 51.8
- Wavertree West, Liverpool – 50.6
- Gateacre, Liverpool – 49.6
- Albert Dock & Queens Dock, Liverpool – 46.8
- Earlestown North, St Helens – 43.9
- Newton-le-Willows – 42.9
- Aintree West & Old Roan, Sefton – 42.2
- Halsnead, Cronton & Halewood East, Knowsley – 41
- Orrell Park, Liverpool – 38.7
- Moreton West, Wirral – 37.5
- Wavertree South, Liverpool – 35.9
- Crosby East, Sefton – 34
- Southport Kew, Sefton – 33.3
- Southport Waterfront – 33.2
- Blackbrook, St Helens – 32.3
