Covid-19 cases have fallen to a weekly rate of just over 15 confirmed new infections per 100,000 Londoners aged 60 and over as vaccines kick in, official figures reveal today.
They show the impact of the jabs as there is a growing divide in the seven-day rate between this age group and Londoners aged below 60.
The rate for those aged 59 and younger was 41.4 in the week to March 25, compared to 15.3 for the older group.
The official figures show that:
- The seven-day rate for London as a whole was 37.1, down 0.4 per cent on the previous week.
- Eighteen boroughs continued to see a drop in confirmed cases even after the return of schools and the greater use of mass testing for education and work settings picking up more infections.
- The biggest drop was in Islington of 37.4 per cent in the week to March 25, compared to the previous seven days, followed by Sutton down 29.1 per cent, Newham 22.4 per cent and Westminster 21.3 per cent.
- Fourteen borough areas saw increases.
- The largest was in Bexley where cases jumped 123.4 per cent, though from a low base, followed by Barking and Dagenham 81.2 per cent, Hackney and the City of London 47.9 per cent, and Hammersmith and Fulham 39 per cent.
- Croydon had the lowest seven-day rate at 22.
- Barking and Dagenham had the highest rate at 68.1.
- A further 468 cases were announced for the capital yesterday.
- A further 25,441 first dose vaccinations were announced yesterday to have been administered in the capital, taking the total so far to 3,154,072 as the vaccine is rolled out.
- A further 19,905 second dose jabs were announced yesterday to have been administered in the city, taking the total so far to 338,801.
- There were six fatalities announced for London yesterday, within 28 days of individuals testing positive for the virus, taking the total so far to 15,421. Health chiefs were expecting the death toll to fall as the vaccines take effect in older and more vulnerable age groups and as the disease retreats.
The detailed figures for London show that:
- Islington saw 62 cases in the week to March 25, down 37 (37.4%) with a seven-day rate of 25.6
- Sutton 56 cases, down 23 (29.1%) rate 27.1
- Newham 121 cases, down 35 (22.4%) rate 34.3
- Westminster 70 cases, down 19 (21.3%) rate 26.8
- Kingston 67 cases, down 18 (21.2%) rate 37.7
- Croydon 85 cases, down 21 (19.8%) rate 22
- Hillingdon 182 cases, down 44 (19.5%) rate 59.3
- Tower Hamlets 101 cases, down 18 (15.1%) rate 31.1
- Richmond 61 cases, down 10 (14.1%) rate 30.8
- Ealing 183 cases, down 29 (13.7%) rate 53.5
- Southwark 74 cases, down 10 (11.9%) rate 23.2
- Havering 79 cases, down 10 (11.2%) rate 30.4
- Merton 91 cases, down 7 (7.1%) rate 44.1
- Wandsworth 118 cases, down 5 (4.1%) rate 35.8
- Harrow 131 cases, down 5 (3.7%) rate 52.2
- Bromley 87 cases, down 3 (3.3%) rate 26.2
- Lambeth 99 cases, down 2 (2%) rate 30.4
- Haringey 74 cases, down 1 (1.3%) rate 27.5
- Lewisham 85 cases, up 1 (1.2%) rate 27.8
- Brent 168 cases, up 5 (3.1%) rate 50.9
- Hounslow 179 cases, up 6 (3.5%) rate 65.9
- Greenwich 122 cases, up 5 (4.3%) rate 42.4
- Barnet 106 cases, up 9 (9.3%) rate 26.8
- Camden 64 cases, up 6 (10.3%) rate 23.7
- Redbridge 158 cases, up 18 (12.9%) rate 51.8
- Enfield 114 cases, up 14 (14%) rate 34.2
- Kensington and Chelsea 46 cases, up 7 (17.9%) rate 29.5
- Waltham Forest 103 cases, up 22 (27.2%) rate 37.2
- Hammersmith and Fulham 82 cases, up 23 (39%) rate 44.3
- Hackney and City of London 71 cases, up 23 (47.9%) rate 24.4
- Barking and Dagenham 145 cases, up 65 (81.2%) rate 68.1
- Bexley 143 cases, up 79 (123.4%) rate 57.6
