Latest Covid rate figures show a rise in Harborough - just days before the crucial tier review

While Harborough's rate is still lower then than the national average, three out of Leicestershire’s six districts are now higher
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The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in Harborough is climbing again, the latest Public Health England figures show.

Some 139 people tested positive for the virus across the district in the week to Wednesday December 9.

That’s 35 more than in the previous seven days.

The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in Harborough is climbing again, the latest Public Health England figures show.The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in Harborough is climbing again, the latest Public Health England figures show.
The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in Harborough is climbing again, the latest Public Health England figures show.

The rate per 100,000 people in Harborough now stands at 148.2 – up from 110 but still below the average for England of 173.5.

But three out of Leicestershire’s six districts now have Covid-19 rates higher than the national average.

And that does not bode well as Harborough waits to find out this week if it will continue to stay in the hardline coronavirus Tier 3 zone or be downgraded to the less severe Tier 2.

New figures show that the latest rate per 100,000 people in Oadby and Wigston is 319.2, Melton 232.4, Blaby 225.6, North West Leicestershire 130.3 and Hinckley and Bosworth 129.9.