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Coronavirus: England’s hotspots in maps – BBC News
Localised data reveals the areas that saw the largest numbers of new cases in the past week
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Amid rising rates of coronavirus, new measures to control Covid-19 in England come into force on Monday. BBC News has mapped some of the areas with the highest numbers of new infections.
Government data on coronavirus infections reveals more than 27 in every 100,000 people in England tested positive in the week to 6 September.
To put that in context, it passes the government’s own threshold – 20 per 100,000 – for quarantining people coming home from abroad.
The rate o…
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