There were 1,003 cases of recorded in seven days in Colchester, latest figures show.

It means the town now has an infection rate of 508.6 cases per 100,000 people.

Here we look at the number of cases of Covid in each area of Colchester.

The figures, for the seven days to October 21, are based on the number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in either a lab-reported or rapid lateral flow test, by specimen date.

The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.

Data for the most recent four days (October 22-25) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.

Of the 377 local areas in the UK, 255 (68%) have seen a week-on-week rise in rates and 122 (32%) have seen a fall.

  • Mile End & Braiswick – 87 cases, 555.5 infection rate
  • New Town & Hythe – 78 cases, 549.3 infection rate
  • Shrub End – 68 cases, 707.2 infection rate
  • Parson's Heath – 62 cases, 441.6 infection rate
  • Marks Tey & Wakes Colne – 60 cases, 655.7 infection rate
  • Layer-de-la-Haye, Abberton & Mersea East – 59 cases, 705.4 infection rate
  • Greenstead – 57 cases, 413.1 infection rate
  • Abbey Field – 55 cases, 697.6 infection rate
  • Tiptree – 55 cases, 715.4 infection rate
  • Prettygate & Westlands – 53 cases, 727.3 infection rate
  • Old Heath & Rowhedge – 46 cases, 488.2 infection rate
  • Highwoods – 45 cases, 455.6 infection rate
  • Horkesley Heath, Langham & Dedham – 45 cases, 630.2 case rate
  • Stanway – 40 cases, 437.3 infection rate
  • West Mersea – 33 cases, 457.0 infection rate
  • Wivenhoe & University – 32 cases, 255.7 infection rate
  • Monkwick – 31 cases, 297.3 infection rate
  • Lexden – 27 cases, 475.8 infection rate
  • West Bergholt & Wormingford – 24 cases, 370.1 infection rate

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Elsewhere in the country Cheltenham in Gloucestershire has the highest rate in the UK, with 1,478 new cases in the seven days to October 21, the equivalent of 1,273.7 per 100,000 people.

This is up sharply from 602.4 in the seven days to October 14.

Blaenau Gwent in Wales has the second highest rate, up from 649.8 to 1,213.9, with 850 new cases.

Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire has the third highest rate, up from 484.4 to 1,212.9, with 1,172 new cases.