There are a number of Doncaster neighbourhoods which currently have higher Covid-19 cases than pre lockdown.There are a number of Doncaster neighbourhoods which currently have higher Covid-19 cases than pre lockdown.
There are a number of Doncaster neighbourhoods which currently have higher Covid-19 cases than pre lockdown.

Doncaster areas where Covid infections are higher than December, as Boris Johnson prepares to unveil roadmap out of lockdown

There are still a number of Doncaster areas with more coronavirus cases than when the nation began its latest lockdown, latest figures reveal.

After almost seven long weeks of national lockdown, Boris Johnson is preparing to unveil a roadmap to open up the economy again.

Covid cases have plummeted across England since the current lockdown was imposed on December 31, from 557.9 cases per 100,000 to 148.8 in the seven days to February 11.

But there are still 467 neighbourhoods across the country where infection rates are higher than they were on December 31, the day the lockdown came into force – and seven of them are in Doncaster.

Here are the areas where Covid cases in the seven days to February 11 were higher than in the last week of December.

Images are used for illustrative purposes and are not linked to data in the article.

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