MORE than 500 cases of coronavirus cases have been recorded in the Braintree district in the past seven days.
The infection rate has climbed again in the past 48 hours to 351.9 cases per 100,000 people - up from 268.0 on Monday.
Braintree now has the 30th highest infection rate in the country and is higher than the Essex average of 305.3.
The district has been placed into Tier 3 of the Government's Covid restrictions, meaning pubs and restaurants can only serve takeaways.
The worst hit area is now Hedingham, Gosfield and Greenstead Green where 71 cases have been recorded in the seven days up to December 10.
That means the infection rate in the area is 987.3.
Other badly affected include Halstead Central and West (56 cases), Bocking Churchstreet and Blackwater (48 cases), Bocking (37 cases) and Halstead East and Colnes (37 cases).
Here are how many cases have been recorded in each part of the district from the week ending December 10, and each areas infection rate in brackets:
- Hedingham, Gosfield and Greenstead Green - 71 (987.3)
- Halstead Central and West - 56 (653.4)
- Bocking Churchstreet and Blackwater - 48 (517.2)
- Bocking - 37 (507.5)
- Halstead East and Colnes - 37 (417.9)
- Silver End and Stisted - 36 (437.9)
- Central Braintree - 30 (316.9)
- Braintree South - 28 (280.4)
- Braintree West and Rayne - 22 (279.5)
- Steeple Bumpstead and Great Yeldham - 21 (305.8)
- Bures Hamlet, Maplestead and Belchamp - 19 (321.2)
- Great Notley and Black Notley - 16 (165.3)
- Witham Town - 14 (124.6)
- Witham South, Hatfield Peverel and White Notley - 13 (162.5)
- North Witham - 9 (98.1)
- West Witham - 7 (118.7)
- Panfield, Finchingfield and Bardfield - 7 (110.2)
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