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Fifteen London boroughs have registered an increase in coronavirus cases in the last week, it was revealed this afternoon.
The new figures from Public Health England show the infection rate more than doubling in Hammersmith and Fulham and rising in Hounslow, placing both west London boroughs above the national average.
Cases also increased in neighbouring Ealing, taking it to a rate equal to the national average – 6.7 cases per 100,000 population.
However, the rate in Kensington and Chelsea declined below the national average, having previously been above average.
PHE came under pressure to release comprehensive local figures that included the “pillar two” tests done at drive-through centres, mobile units and with home kits in the wake of the spike in cases in Leicester. Previously only “pillar one” hospital tests of patients and staff were disclosed on a borough by borough basis.
The latest figures, which relate to the period of June 22-28 and includes some data up to June 30, reveal rising rates per 100,000 people of:
- 12.4 in Hammersmith and Fulham
- 9.2 in Hounslow
- 6.7 in Ealing
- 5.9 in Hillingdon
- 5.8 in Merton
- 5.7 in Barking and Dagenham
The first week’s figures showed Kensington and Chelsea and Hounslow had the highest overall rates of new cases detected in the capital.
Public Health England’s daily online “dashboard” currently only shows “pillar one” results, leading to criticism that communities are unable to spot a spike or second wave of infections. About 75 per cent of tests are now being done in the community, for example, at drive-in centres or mobile units.
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Two members of a British Army mounted regiment exercise their horses in Parliament Square
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A single pedestrian walks past The national Gallery
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A quiet Canary Wharf Underground Station
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A woman jogging near City Hall, London, the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the UK in lockdown
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An image of Queen Elizabeth II and quotes from her broadcast on Sunday to the UK and the Commonwealth in relation to the coronavirus epidemic are displayed on lights in London’s Piccadilly Circus
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A pedestrian walks past a billboard reading “Please believe these days will pass” on Broadway Market in east London
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Military vehicles cross Westminster Bridge
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Boris Johnson
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Sun-seekers cool off in the water and sunbathe on the riverbank at Hackney Marshes in east London
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Ed Davey is shown on screens as he speaks via videolink during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, London
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A herd of fallow deer graze on the lawns in front of a housing estate in Harold Hill in east London
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A woman wearing a mask crosses a bridge over Camden Lock, London
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An empty Millenium Bridge
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A sign advertising a book titled “How Will We Survive On Earth?” is seen on an underground station platform
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People push to enter the Niketown shop in Londo
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Jo Proudlove and daughter Eve, 9, follow the daily online “PE with Joe” Joe Wickes’ exercise class on “Fancy dress Friday
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Police in Westminster
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Waterloo station looking empty
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A quiet Parliament Square
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PABest A man walks along a passageway at London’s Oxford Street Underground station the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the UK in lockdown to help curb the spread of the Coronavirus
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Social distancing markers around the camel enclosure at ZSL London Zoo
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A police car patrols Greenwich Park in London
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The Premier League in action in front of empty stands
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Novikov restaurant in London with its shutters pulled down while the restaurant is closed.
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A deserted Piccadilly Circus
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A general view is seen of a deserted Trafalgar Square
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The iconic Abbey Road crossing is seen after a re-paint by a Highways Maintenance team as they take advantage of the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown and quiet streets to refresh the markings
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A view of 20 Fenchurch Street (the ‘Walkie Talkie’ building) in the City of London, the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the UK in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus
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A deserted Chinatown
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A person looks at graffiti on a JD Wetherspoon pub in Crystal Palace, south London. Wetherspoons workers have described founder Tim Martin’s lack of support for his chain’s 40,000 employees as “absolutely outrageous”
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The London ExCel centre that has been turned into a makeshift NHS Hospital and critical care unit to cope with the Coronavirus pandemic
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The Palace Theatre, which usually shows the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play, sits in a deserted Shaftesbury Avenue
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The Sondheim Theatre, which usually shows the Les Miserables musical, sits in a deserted Shaftesbury Avenue
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Two members of a British Army mounted regiment exercise their horses in Parliament Square
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Westminster Bridge is deserted
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A quiet Canary Wharf Underground Station
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An empty street and bus stop at St James’s Park
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Whitehall
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A quiet Canary Wharf Underground Station
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A single pedestrian walks past The national Gallery
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London Bridge Station
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Kings Cross and St Pancras
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Buckingham Palace looking empty in London,
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London’s Carnaby Street empty as shops closed after a lockdown was announced in the latest bid to stop the spread of coronavirus through the UK
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A quiet Jubilee line westbound train carriage
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A single pedestrian walks past The national Gallery
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A quiet Canary Wharf Underground Station
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Empty Embankment
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Yesterday the Standard revealed that Hounslow had seen the biggest increase in hospital-detected infections in London, of 39 new cases in the last three weeks, followed by Westminster and Hammersmith and Fulham (both 28), Brent and Ealing (both 26), and Kensington and Chelsea (21).
You can use the interactive map below to see the weekly rate of confirmed cases per 100,000 residents from tests at hospitals and in the community.
