43 Cumbria areas with coronavirus infection rate above national average

More than 40 Cumbria areas now have a coronavirus infection rate above the national average.

The county’s infection rate now stands at around 1,000 cases per 100,000 people, significantly above the England average of 780 cases per 100,000.

Below are the 43 areas with coronavirus infection rates above the national average. The number of weekly cases is accompanied by the rate per 100,000 in brackets:

1. Burton-in-Kendal, Levens & Natland – 119 (1,630.6 per 100,000)
2. Kendal South – 124 (1,409.9 per 100,000)
3. Arnside, Milnthorpe & Holme – 104 (1,305.2 per 100,000)
4. Longsowerby & Caldewgate – 93 (1,292.4 per 100,000)
5. Kendal East & Whinfell – 101 (1,276.1 per 100,000)
6. Kingmoor, Houghton & Whiteclosegate – 132 (1,265.8 per 100,000)
7. Thornhill, Gosforth & Seascale – 108 (1,252.5 per 100,000)
8. Hawcoat & Furness Abbey – 93 (1,237.9 per 100,000)
9. Roose – 95 (1,236.8 per 100,000)
10. Abbotsmead & Salthouse – 84 (1,137.7 per 100,000)
11. Whitehaven Harbour & Corkickle – 60 (1,137 per 100,000)
12. Central Carlisle – 92 (1,136.9 per 100,000)
13. Botcherby & Harraby – 106 (1,130.5 per 100,000)
14. Walney Island South & Barrow Island – 69 (1,128.2 per 100,000)
15. Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore – 109 (1,096.8 per 100,000)
16. Raffles & Morton – 109 (1,095.7 per 100,000)
17. Parkside – 70 (1,070.2 per 100,000)
18. Dalton South – 58 (1,049 per 100,000)
19. Penrith Central & West – 78 (1,030.4 per 100,000)
20. Wetheral, Corby & Geltsdale – 90 (1,014.1 per 100,000)
21. Walney Island North – 67 (1,005.9 per 100,000)
22. Keswick & Derwent Valley – 65 (969.1 per 100,000)
23. Askam & Dalton North – 60 (965.1 per 100,000)
24. Kendal Town & Greenside – 82 (963 per 100,000)
25. Boltons, Warnell & Solway Coast – 67 (958.5 per 100,000)
26. Denton Holme & Harraby Green – 90 (957.7 per 100,000)
27. Windermere North, Ambleside & Langdales – 60 (945.2 per 100,000)
28. West Cockermouth & Great Broughton – 76 (936.9 per 100,000)
29. Kendal North & Burneside – 82 (934.9 per 100,000)
30. Longtown & Border – 55 (932.4 per 100,000)
31. Langwathby, Kirkoswald & Alston Moor – 57 (901.3 per 100,000)
32. Wigton & Silloth – 100 (900.3 per 100,000)
33. Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell – 48 (899.4 per 100,000)
34. Mirehouse, Kells & Woodhouse – 89 (896 per 100,000)
35. Currock & Upperby – 60 (894.6 per 100,000)
36. Askham, Ullswater & Greystoke – 49 (892.9 per 100,000)
37. Belle Vue & Burgh – 65 (871.9 per 100,000)
38. Coniston, Broughton & Kirkby – 48 (868.3 per 100,000)
39. Ormsgill & Hindpool – 56 (856.9 per 100,000)
40. Barrow Central – 56 (855 per 100,000)
41. Hensingham, Hillcrest & Aikbank – 83 (839.4 per 100,000)
42. East Cockermouth & Buttermere – 64 (811.8 per 100,000)
43. Grange-over-Sands & Cartmel Peninsula – 66 (809 per 100,000)

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