SOUTHAMPTON residents have been urged to stay inside as part of the city was revealed as a coronavirus 'hotspot' by an interactive map.

Aldermoor and Lordswood, Coxford and Lordshill, Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams have been identified as hotspots in Hampshire with more than 800 cases per 100,000 people.

The map, which appears on the government website, uses the latest data from Public Health England.

Now, Coxford ward Councillors are urging residents to "follow the new guidelines".

Daily Echo: A screenshot of the Government's interactive coronavirus map.

Councillor Matthew Renyard, along with Cllr Barrie Margetts and Cllr Tammy Thomas, have said they are "very concerned about the rapid rise in the number of cases".

"The ward has a high rate of people with lung disease (COPD) in the elderly population and this puts them at higher risk of being badly affected by Covid," he said.

"We also have a number of supported living and care homes centres where the risk of Covid spreading is high.

"We support the lockdown, including closing schools, to reduce the risk of further spreading Covid in the city and in our ward in particular.

"Until the vaccine is rolled out much more widely across the community, which will take several months at least, families must stay home to stay safe.

"We urge all residents in the Ward, and the City as a whole, to follow the new guidelines produced by the government last night.

"You must not leave, or be outside of your home except where necessary.

"Residents should only leave home to shop for basic necessities, for yourself or a vulnerable person; only to go to work if you can’t do so from home; and only to exercise once a day with one other person outside."

MP for Southampton Test, Alan Whitehead, added that the number of infections were "very worrying".

He said: "I would really urge residents there to follow the latest national lockdown guidelines to try and get infections under control."

Other areas of the city such as Regents Park, Millbrook, Freemantle, Shey, Maybush, Bevois Town, Woolston, Bitterne, Thornhill, Harefield and other areas of Southampton have all been identified as having more than 400 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people.

Hedge End and Botley, Winchester, Fair Oak, Boyatt Wood, Totton, Fareham, Abbotswood and West Wellow have also been identified as having more than 400 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people.

Other areas such as the New Forest, Eastleigh and Central Southampton have been identified as having more than 200 cases per 100,000 people.

It comes as a total of 17 deaths were recorded across Hampshire in 24 hours yesterday. 

Figures published by NHS England revealed that a further 17 coronavirus patients died in 24 hours.

This brings the county's overall total up to 978 deaths since the start of the pandemic in March. 

Eight further deaths were recorded at Portsmouth Hospitals Trust in the last 24 hours, bringing the Trust's total up to 441. 

Five further deaths were recorded at Hampshire Hospitals Trust, with a total of 252 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

Four deaths were recorded at University Hospital Southampton, bringing the Trust's total up to 256.