CASES have tripled in one area of Southampton as Covid continues to be on the rise.
Out of the city's 31 districts, 22 saw an increase in the seven days to October 2 when compared to the week before.
Only seven reported a decrease and two no change in the same period, which is the latest Government data available.
The Itchen district reported 24 new cases, tripling the number; Harefield has 26 , up 15 or 136.4%; and Thornhill, 57 cases, up 29 or 103.6%.
The latest Covid case map for Southampton
As a whole, Southampton reported 1,032 cases, up 249 or 31.8%. This is a case rate of 408.1 per 100,000 people.
Hampshire reported 5,139, an increase of 694 or 15.4% – increasing the case rate to 373.8 per 100,000 people.
County data does not include cases from Southampton or Portsmouth.
The latest Covid case map for Hampshire
Clusters are shown when there are three or more new cases reported at any one time.
Anywhere with between zero and two cases are shown in white in order to "protect the privacy of individuals and prevent disclosure", the Government organisation states.
The latest data for the 31 Southampton districts:
- Aldermoor and Lordswood – 43 cases, up 16
- Banister Park and Howard Road – 32 cases, down 3
- Bassett Green – 32 cases, up 14
- Bevois Town – 20 cases, up 9
- Bitterne East – 51 cases, up 21
- Bitterne South – 24 cases, up 10
- Bitterne West – 49 cases, up 16
- Central Southampton East – 27 cases, down 5
- Central Southampton West – 19 cases, up 3
- Coxford and Lordshill – 13 cases, down 22
- Freemantle – 32 cases, up 13
- Harefield – 26 cases, up 15
- Highfield and University – 17 cases, up 5
- Hightown – 25 cases, no change
- Hollybrook – 17 cases, down 1
- Itchen – 36 cases, up 24
- Maybush – 60 cases, up 27
- Newtown and Nicholstown – 30 cases, down 2
- Redbridge and Millbrook West – 43 cases, up 15
- Regents Park and Millbrook East – 54 cases, up 6
- Shirley South – 58 cases, up 9
- Shirley Warren – 31 cases, no change
- Sholing East – 23 cases, up 10
- Sholing West – 26 cases, up 10
- St Denys – 16 cases, down 4
- Swaythling – 16 cases, down 5
- Thornhill – 57 cases, up 29
- Townhill Park – 31 cases, up 15
- Weston – 25 cases, up 9
- Woolston – 30 cases, up 25
- Upper Shirley – 51 cases, up 18
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