Essex Tier 4: New area of Essex replaces Basildon as Covid capital of England
A new area of Essex has replaced Basildon as the Covid capital of England.
The latest infection figures from PA show that once again cases across the county have continued to rise.
Yesterday (Saturday, December 19), Basildon, Essex, was announced as the worst-affected area in the week leading to December 14.
However, the latest figures show that Thurrock now has a higher infection rate.
In the seven days to December 15, 1,676 new cases were recorded in Thurrock, and it has seen the biggest week-on-week jump in the whole of the country.
Take our EssexLive Tier 4 survey below:The infection rate in Thurrock is now at961.3 cases per 100,000 people.
Basildon is now the second worst-affected area with an infection rate of924.7, with 1,731 new cases and there are a total of four Essex areas in the top ten worst-hit local authorities in England.
All but three areas of the county have now been placed into Tier 4.
This means that non-essential shops, entertainment venues, leisure centres, self care businesses and hospitality venues have all had to shut.
Christmas plans have also been cancelled, with a total ban on Christmas household mixing for everywhere but Colchester, Uttlesford and Tendring, who can meet in a three-household-bubble on Christmas Day only.
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Here are the latest figures for across Essex:
ThurrockNew cases - 1676
Infection rate - 961.3
BasildonNew cases - 1731
Infection rate - 924.7
Epping ForestNew cases - 1100
Infection rate - 835.5
BrentwoodNew cases - 607
Infection rate - 788.1
RochfordNew cases - 653
Infection rate - 747.4
Castle PointNew cases - 577
Infection rate - 638.4
Southend-on-SeaNew cases - 1059
Infection rate - 578.3
BraintreeNew cases - 776
Infection rate - 508.5
ChelmsfordNew cases - 861
Infection rate - 482.7
HarlowNew cases - 409
Infection rate - 469.8
MaldonNew cases - 235
Infection rate - 362
UttlesfordNew cases - 218
Infection rate - 238.8
ColchesterNew cases - 358
Infection rate - 183.9
TendringNew cases - 261
Infection rate - 178.1