Only four wards in Liverpool still have suppressed levels of coronavirus after a significant rise in cases in recent weeks.
Infection levels in the city as a whole stood at 68.5 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days up to June 7.
There were a total of 341 cases recorded in that week, triple what was seen the week before.
The recent rises in infections across the city can also be clearly seen at the local level.
A month ago, only four of the city’s wards had recordable levels of coronavirus, with the other 26 having “suppressed” levels.
Now, those figures are reversed, with only West Derby, Childwall, Church and Cressington recording fewer than five cases and falling into the “suppressed” category.
Liverpool’s situation reflects one seen in much of the UK, with rising case levels in recent weeks.
Nationally, those rise are now beginning to show an impact on hospitalisation levels, with the number of Covid patients in hospitals in England rising to more than 1,000 people for the first time since mid-May.
Liverpool, along with Merseyside’s other boroughs, is largely in a better position than many boroughs in the neighbouring regions of Greater Manchester and Lancashire, but rates here are still rising.
Today, health secretary Matt Hancock said the more transmissible Delta variant is accounting for nine in ten new cases.
It comes as health experts continue to urge people to get both Covid jabs once eligible.
Yesterday saw a mammoth day for vaccine bookings as people over the age of 25 became eligible to receive a jab. More than 1 million bookings were made throughout the day.
Experts say the available data indicates the vaccine provides good protection against the Delta variant but that two jabs are needed to secure that high level of protection.
