Coronavirus rates fall AGAIN in Mansfield ahead of looming Tier 3 lockdown next month

Latest data from Public Health England for the seven days to November 22, shows the rate of new infections in Mansfield and Ashfield has decreased.

It comes after yesterday’s announcement that the whole of Nottinghamshire will be under the harshest coronavirus restrictions when the national lockdown ends next month.

Mansfield’s rate of coronavirus cases dropped from 333.9 per 100,000 people in week ending November 15 to 270.8 average infections in every 100,000 people in the week ending November 22.

The total number of positive virus tests in the town fell from 365 to 296 in the same period.

The average rate of new infections reduced again in Ashfield, which is now at 268.9 infections in every 100,000 people, compared to 286.9 in the seven days to November 15.

Coronavirus cases dropped from a total of 367 in the week ending November 15 to 344 infections in the most recent seven days.

The fall in the rate of infections in Mansfield was seen in the majority of areas in England, with 283 out of 315 local authorities documenting a reduction in case rates.

Swale in Kent continues to have the highest rate in England, with 799 new cases recorded in the seven days to November 22 – the equivalent of 532.4 cases per 100,000 people.

This is down from 637.7 in the seven days to November 15.

Thanet has the second highest rate, down from 522.8 to 478.4, with 679 new cases.

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