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Phoebe Ram

The week when Nottingham hit its Covid-19 peak revealed

New figures show when the peak of Covid-19 hit Nottingham.

As part of the weekly surveillance reports by Nottingham City Council, the first set of data from Public Health England has been published.

It shows how many positive cases have been confirmed in different communities across the city since the start of the pandemic as well as showing patterns in the numbers of cases week by week.

From graphs included with the data, the week commencing April 20 was when the number of positive cases increased quite dramatically from the previous five weeks.

However, during the early stages of the pandemic only Pillar 1 figures were being used - results from lab and hospital testing.

The new figures combine Pillar 1 with Pillar 2 figures which are results from swab tests in the wider community.

Cases per week, Pillar 1 and 2 for Nottingham. (Nottingham City Council/Public Health England)

The graph shows in the week commencing April 6 there were 105 Pillar 1 cases and around 10 Pillar 2 cases.

The following week commencing April 13, Pillar 1 lowered to 80 cases but Pillar 2 rose to 50.

And during peak time for the virus, there were 85 confirmed cases in both Pillar 1 and 2 results during one week - a total of 170.

All counts within the data have been rounded to the nearest five and those between one to seven have been suppressed.

The figures have been compiled by both Nottingham city and Nottinghamshire County Council in the hope it will help people become more familiar with the data and see the importance of testing.

Public health bosses have also said this data will now help to prevent outbreaks and local lockdowns.

Jonathan Gribbin, director of Public Health for Nottinghamshire, previously said: "We want to share this information so the city and county are aware, and emphasise that we are in a better position than other parts of the country and how to keep it that way."

Public Health director for Nottingham, Alison Challenger, added: "By publishing this data, it also emphasises how important it is to get tested because it helps us build a picture.

"It is so important in preventing outbreaks."

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