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Bristol Post
National
Alexander Brock

How Bristol compares to the UK's coronavirus hotspots

The country's potential coronavirus hotspots have been identified as experts predict infection levels could peak during the next few days.

Areas which have been hit particularly hard by the outbreak of Covid-19 can be discovered by calculating how many confirmed cases have been reported per 100,000 of the population.

Not everybody infected by the virus is being tested so these figures should be treated with caution, Hull Live reports.

The amount of testing also varies from place to place while there is also a delay in the processing and reporting of test results.

However, the current figures show the area with the highest concentration of coronavirus cases is Newport in Wales, which had reported around 286 cases per 100,000 population as of April 7.

There are four others areas of the UK with at least 200 confirmed cases of coronavirus per 100,000, which are London: Brent (248 cases), Southwark (224), Lambeth (214) and Harrow (200).

In comparison, Bristol reported around a much lower 50 cases per 100,000 population as of April 8, according to Public Health England.

Dr Frank Atherton, the chief medical officer for Wales, suggested last month that the high number of cases in south Wales could be partly to do with increased testing by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, which is responsible for this part of the country.

He also noted that “being on the border with England is an issue”, as “we know that the hotspot in the UK is around London”, which has direct rail links to the area.

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