The 45 areas of Bristol in purple zone for high Covid cases

Coronavirus case rates are continuing to rise up and down the country as the new Omicron variant begins to make its mark on the UK.

Forty-five areas of Bristol are currently within the purple zone on the government’s daily interactive map for high coronavirus case rates.

Public Health England is publishing a weekly update outlining the number of new cases reported in each seven-day period for every area of the country, as well as an interactive heatmap showing the most affected areas.

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The rolling data reports the new cases being confirmed in any seven-day period, with the data published on Sunday, November 21 covering the period up to November 16.

The figures for the intervening five days are not included as they are incomplete and likely to be altered.

There are currently 45 areas of the Bristol region in the purple zone on the interactive map, which indicates high case rates.

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Kingswood South has the worse rate for coronavirus in the Bristol region with 779.5 cases reported per 100,000.

Elsewhere in Bristol, Whitchurch Park also has a rate of over 700 with 713.3 cases per 100,000.

The lowest rates in Bristol currently come from the City Centre where only 155.7 cases are being recorded per 100,000 – significantly less the UK average of 439.7.

Below is the full list of everywhere recording a rate of over 400 cases per 100,000.

• Kingswood South – 779.5 cases per 100,000 people
• Whitchurch Park – 713.3 cases per 100,000 people
• Highridge – 690.4 cases per 100,000 people
• Headley Park – 675.9 cases per 100,000 people
• Shirehampton and Avonmouth – 670.8 cases per 100,000 people
• Stoke Gifford – 660.0 cases per 100,000 people
• Withywood – 646.5 cases per 100,000 people
• Longwell Green and Oldland Common – 622.1 cases per 100,000 people
• Pucklechurch and Westerleigh – 616.4 cases per 100,000 people
• Bradley Stoke North East – 608.0 cases per 100,000 people
• Westbury on Trym – 607.9 cases per 100,000 people
• Bradley Stoke Central – 605.5 cases per 100,000 people
• Emersons Green – 605.3 cases per 100,000 people
• Westbury Village – 604.8 cases per 100,000 people
• Hanham – 583.5 cases per 100,000 people
• Winterbourne – 565.5 cases per 100,000 people
• Clevedon South and Yeo – 556.8 cases per 100,000 people
• Pensford, Clutton and Temple Cloud – 553.7 cases per 100,000 people
• Patchway – 541.4 cases per 100,000 people
• Portishead Central – 525.0 cases per 100,000 people
• Lawrence Weston – 518.6 cases per 100,000 people
• Brislington – 511.5 cases per 100,000 people
• Lockleaze – 510.1 cases per 100,000 people
• Cadbury Heath North and Bridgeyate – 507.3 cases per 100,000 people
• Yatton and Cleeve – 506.7 cases per 100,000 people
• Hengrove – 505.4 cases per 100,000 people
• Staple Hill North – 505.3 cases per 100,000 people
• Filton – 505.1 cases per 100,000 people
• Frampton Cotterell – 497.2 cases per 100,000 people
• Hartcliffe – 497.1 cases per 100,000 people
• Almondsbury, Pilning and Severn Beach – 467.8 cases per 100,000 people
• Mangotsfield – 463.5 cases per 100,000 people
• Kingswood North East – 457.2 cases per 100,000 people
• Eastville – 452.4 cases per 100,000 people
• Portishead South – 450.6 cases per 100,000 people
• Southmead – 449.2 cases per 100,000 people
• Bishopston – 449.0 cases per 100,000 people
• Sea Mills – 442.9 cases per 100,000
• Horfield – 441.9 cases per 100,000 people
• Henleaze – 438.2 cases per 100,000 people
• Crews Hole – 435.5 cases per 100,000 people
• Marshfield, Wick and Hawkesbury – 435.5 cases per 100,000 people
• Henbury and Brentry – 429.0 cases per 100,000 people
• Windmill Hill – 429.0 cases per 100,000 people
• Two Mile Hill – 426.7 cases per 100,000 people

Where is the data coming from?

You can see the latest national data on the online Covid cluster map.

The map uses data from Public Health England’s “second generation surveillance system”.

The map highlights which areas of the nation have three or more confirmed cases of the virus and colour co-coordinates the areas by how many cases they have.

The map is divided into sections – officially known as ‘Middle Super Output Areas’ – and each section is coloured a different shade depending on how many positive Covid test results have been recorded in that area.

The darker the colour on the image, the more positive test results have been recorded.

Data for the most recent five days has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.

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