The Warrington areas with higher than UK average Covid rates

There were 1,648 Covid cases recorded in the town in the week up to January 29, demonstrating an infection rate of 787 cases among every 100,000 residents.

This is lower than the UK average of 1,009.4 cases per 100,000 people for this period.

However, in four communities in the borough, the case rate was higher than the UK average, and while most areas have seen drops in case numbers, others have seen infections rise.

Here is the number of new cases (rate of new cases per 100,000 people and change in case numbers from the previous week) in each area of Warrington.

The areas with higher infection rates than the national average are in bold.

• Blackbrook – 109 (1,174.1 – up 33 cases)
• Latchford – 99 (1,019.3 – up 6 cases)
• Great Sankey – 94 (1,280.1 – up 19 cases)
• Fairfield and Howley – 93 (785.1 – down 48 cases)
• Kingswood and Whittle Hall – 90 (846.4 – down 44 cases)
• Orford – 87 (971.2 – up 14 cases)
• Callands and Old Hall – 84 (755.7 – down 8 cases)
• Lymm – 83 (660.7 – down 20)
• Stockton Heath and Hillcliffe – 72 (798.5 – down 31 cases)
• Hood Manor and Sankey Bridges – 67 (744.2 – down 13 cases)
• Central Warrington – 65 (562.3 – down 46 cases)
• Appleton Thorn, Stretton and Walton – 64 (980.2 – down 13 cases)
• Grappenhall and Thelwall – 64 (821.9 – down 57 cases)
• Padgate and Paddington – 57 (652.7 – down 26 cases)
• Oakwood and Gorse Covert – 55 (1,039.5 – down 2 cases)
• Penketh and Cuerdley – 54 (664.9 – down 10 cases)
• Culcheth West and Croft – 53 (736.4 – down 5 cases)
• Houghton Green and Fearnhead – 51 (639.5 – down 30 cases)
• Bewsey and Dallam – 50 (594 – down 33 cases)
• Locking Stumps – 48 (967.2 – up 9 cases)
• Hulme – 48 (579.4 – down 22 cases)
• Woolston – 41 (604.8 – down 33 cases)
• Culcheth East and Hollins Green – 40 (627.5 – down 14 cases)
• Winwick and Burtonwood – 35 (558.1 – down 17 cases)
• Appleton – 34 (603.1 – down 28 cases)