Covid cases continue to rapidly fall in Braintree and Witham

Covid cases continue to fall
Covid cases continue to fall
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COVID cases are continuing to fall across the district as lockdown restrictions begin to ease.

The latest figures who the infection rate stands at 45.9 and 70 cases have been confirmed in the seven days leading up to March 4.

Braintree West and Rayne has the highest rate in the district at 101.6, which is above the national average. 

Eight cases have also been confirmed in the last seven days. 

According to the data the number of cases in eight parts of the district have dropped below three.

This means the virus is classed as "suppressed" in each of these parts of the district.

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They have also been moved into the lowest category on the Government's Covid hotspots map.

Here are the latest number of cases for each area:

Bocking Churchstreet and Blackwater- 9

Coggeshall and Kelvedon- 8

Halstead East and Colnes- 8

Silver End and Stisted- 7

Central Braintree- 7

Braintree South- 7

Great Notley and Black Notley- 4

Flitch Green, Felsted and High Easter- 3

Great Leighs and the Walthams- 3

North Witham- less than 3

West Witham- less than 3

Witham Town- less than 3

Witham South, Hatfield Peverel and White Notley- less than 3

Panfield, Finchingfield and Bardfield- less than 3

Hedingham, Gosfield and Greenstead Green- less than 3

Steeple Bumpstead & Great Yeldham- less than three

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