The rate of coronavirus infection has fallen in Cumbria and is now significantly lower than the national average.
For the seven-day period ending August 11, there were 1,186 new cases in Cumbria – which is a rate of 237.3 per 100,000 and puts the area just outside the lowest 60 upper-tier local authority areas in the UK.
There are 214 upper-tier local authorities in the UK.
Eden now has the 15th lowest case rate of all lower-tier local authority areas in the UK with a rate of 130.2 per 100,000, with 70 new cases. There are 230 lower-tier local authorities in the UK.
Here are the number of new cases by Cumbrian district accompanied by the rate per 100,000 people in brackets for the seven-day period ending on August 11:
- Barrow – 229 (343.2 per 100,000)
- Copeland – 227 (333.6 per 100,000)
- Allerdale – 260 (265.8 per 100,000)
- Carlisle – 206 (189.8 per 100,000)
- South Lakeland – 194 (184.9 per 100,000)
- Eden – 70 (130.2 per 100,000)
Here are the 10 areas with the highest infection rates in Cumbria. The number of new weekly cases are accompanied by the rate per 100,000 in brackets.
- Millom & Duddon Valley – 64 (651.8 per 100,000)
- Workington East – 42 (538.1 per 100,000)
- Barrow Central – 31 (470.2 per 100,000)
- Workington West – 39 (447.2 per 100,000)
- Parkside – 29 (439.9 per 100,000)
- Whitehaven Harbour & Corkickle – 23 (434.5 per 100,000)
- Mirehouse, Kells & Woodhouse – 42 (427.1 per 100,000)
- Hawcoat & Furness Abbey – 32 (425 per 100,000)
- Walney Island North – 28 (415.4 per 100,000)
