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These are the Suffolk neighbourhoods with the highest Covid-19 case rates




With the Prime Minister on Wednesday announcing the end of Plan B measures, these are the Suffolk areas with the highest coronavirus case rates.

The data, as of January 14, shows:

1. Halesworth and Wangford - 1,461 cases per 100,000 people

These are the Suffolk neighbourhoods with the highest Covid-19 case rates.
These are the Suffolk neighbourhoods with the highest Covid-19 case rates.

2. Stowmarket Outer, Finborough and Battisford - 1,286.6 cases per 100,000 people

3. Great Cornard - 1,276.2 cases per 100,000 people

4. Gipping and Chantry Park - 1,241.8 cases per 100,000 people

Halesworth and Wangford was the Suffolk neighbourhood with the highest Covid-19 case rate, with 1,461 cases per 100,000 people.
Halesworth and Wangford was the Suffolk neighbourhood with the highest Covid-19 case rate, with 1,461 cases per 100,000 people.

5. Haverhill North - 1,193.9 cases per 100,000 people

6. North Newmarket, Studlands and Exning - 1,182.5 cases per 100,000 people

7. Eye, Palgrave and Occold - 1,181.2 cases per 100,000 people

8. Oulton Broad West - 1,180.7 cases per 100,000 people

9. Haverhill East and South - 1,157.3 cases per 100,000 people

10. Whitton - 1,153.3 cases per 100,000 people

Across Suffolk, there were 6572 cases of Covid-19 as of January 14, at a case rate of 863.3 cases per 100,000 people.

East Suffolk was the district with the highest number of cases - 2,059.

Babergh was the lowest, with 842.

It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday the easing of Plan B coronavirus measures across England.

The measures are to end from Thursday, with mandatory face coverings in public places and Covid passports both dropped.

Working from home guidance was immediately dropped on Wednesday.