One part of West Wirral has more cases than any other ward in the borough, as the downwards trend in infection numbers shows signs of reversing.
In the seven days up to December 3, Pensby and Thingwall had 15 coronavirus cases, with Birkenhead and Tranmere the next most infected ward on 14 cases and Claughton following closely behind on 13.
Numbers which record cases at a borough-wide level show the pattern of infections plummeting for several weeks in Wirral may be about to end.
The more up-to-date figures, which cover the week up to December 6, reveal that Wirral had 192 Covid-19 cases at a rate of 59 per 100,000.
That is down on the previous week’s rate of 61 per 100,000, with 197 cases recorded.
But the fall was not consistent, as between September 29 and December 2, the day the national lockdown was lifted, Wirral’s infection rate came down from 61 to 53, but since Tier 2 rules have been in place this rate has risen to 59.
These variations may be small, but they are significant. If cases begin to rise that means the so-called 'R', the reproduction rate of the virus, is above one.
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If R stays above one for long, then hospitalisations and deaths are very likely to rise, which could see further restrictions brought in.
However, it is still early days and it will take more data to understand what is really going on in Wirral.
In the rest of the Liverpool City Region, which Wirral is a part of along with Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens and Halton, different boroughs showed different patterns.
In Halton, currently the most infected part of the city region, the rate has fallen from 139 to 131 on a seven-day comparison, but since December 2 the rate per 100,000 has risen from 117 to 131.
Similarly in Knowsley, the rate is now 99, down from 115 a week ago, but up from 93 on December 2.
Liverpool’s infection rate has gone down from 100 to 88, but it has levelled off since falling to 87 on December 2.
Numbers have continued to fall in St Helens and Sefton.
In the seven days up to December 6, St Helens’ rate was 125, a fall of 15 per 100,000 from the rate of 140 recorded a week earlier, but that fall has been more consistent over the course of the week.
Sefton’s rate is now 68 per 100,000, down from 95 last week, with cases continuing to fall in recent days albeit slightly more slowly.
This week Ray Grist, from Woolton, an inpatient at Aintree Hospital, has become the first person in Liverpool to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
The 92-year-old ex-serviceman said it was a case of 'duty calls' as he made history at the hospital on Tuesday.
In Merseyside, the two main hospital sites where the vaccine will be delivered to people are Aintree Hospital and Clatterbridge Hospital in Wirral.
People will also be vaccinated at the Countess of Chester NHS Trust.
