Three more Bristol neighbourhoods have moved up to the third most severe category for coronavirus case rates.
Earlier this week Bristol Live reported that the Government's Covid cluster map for June 16 showed two areas of the city — Cotham and Bristol city centre — with rates higher than 200 cases per 100,000 people.
And this has risen to five neighbourhoods, as of the map for June 18. Clifton East, Hotwells and Kingsdown/Stokes Croft are the three new areas in the category.
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The rest of Bristol, and much of South Gloucestershire, mostly includes areas one category below — areas with rates between 100 and 199.
North Somerset's neighbourhoods mostly have rates below 100, but it does have one area, Pill/Easton, with a much higher rate of 397.5.
Here are the neighbourhoods in the Bristol region with rates higher than 200:
- Clifton East: 28 cases, rate of 310.7.
- Cotham: 30 cases, rate of 334.3.
- Kingsdown/Stokes Croft: 21 cases, rate of 203.8.
- Bristol city centre: 58 cases, rate of 306.1.
- Hotwells: 21 cases, rate of 282.8.
- Pill/Easton (North Somerset): 25 cases, rate of 397.5.
More than 240 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in and around Bristol in the latest daily figures, as the Delta variant continues to spread.
The Government's update from June 18 shows 142 new cases in the city of Bristol, 25 in North Somerset, 31 in South Gloucestershire and 44 in Bath and North East Somerset.
The city of Bristol's coronavirus death toll has not risen since May 2, remaining at 482. There are four patients with coronavirus at Southmead Hospital, but none are on ventilators.
Bath's Royal United Hospital has two Covid patients, none on ventilators. There are no Covid patients at the Bristol Royal Infirmary or Weston General Hospital.
Coronavirus is believed to be growing exponentially in the South West, according to the Government's update from today, which shows the region's R at 1.0 to 1.5 — up from last Friday's 1.0 to 1.3.
It means, on average, every 10 infected people would pass it on to between 10 and 15 others.
You can explore the Government's cluster map here.
