Coronavirus cases are increasing day by day as the vast majority of Essex residents remain under Level II “high alert” restrictions.

The latest data from Public Health England published yesterday (30 October) shows this Brentwood The district remains the worst affected in the province, at 176.6 per 100,000 people.

Of the 14 local authorities in the county, Braintree It’s still the lowest at 55.0 – more than three times less than Brentwood’s numbers.

Yesterday, new reports indicated that Boris Johnson may announce plans for a national lockdown due to the continuing spike in Covid cases.

It is not clear how severe the shutdown will be or how long it will last, but the Everyday Mirror It is suggested that it may last until December.

The latest data records the current seven-day rate of new cases of Covid-19 based on both tests performed in laboratories and in the wider community.

Data for the last 4 days (27-30 October) were excluded because they are incomplete and do not reflect the true number of cases.

Use the tool below to find out how many cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in your area.

Here is the rate of Coronavirus infection in each region of Essex:

From left to right it reads: The name of the local authority; Average of new cases in the seven days through October 26; Number (in parentheses) of new cases registered in the seven days through October 26; Average of new cases in the seven days through October 19; Number (in parentheses) of new cases registered in the seven days through October 19.

Brentwood 176.6 (136), 120.7 (93)

Thurrock 174.9 (305), 132.5 (231)

Basildon 152.8 (286), 117.5 (220)

Epping Forest 142.8 (188), 112.4 (148)

Colchester 137.1 (267), 106.3 (207)

Castle Point 107.3 (97), 125.0 (113)

Southend-on-Sea 96.7 (177), 77.0 (141)

Chelmsford 93.6 (167), 83.0 (148)

Harlow 86.1 (75), 65.5 (57)

Rushford 84.7 (74), 67.5 (59)

Outsford 75.6 (69), 71.2 (65)

Tendering 68.9 (101), 116.7 (171)

Maldon 55.4 (36), 63.1 (41)

Braintree 55.0 (84), 60.3 (92)

Price in the vicinity:

Hovering 179.2 (465), 129.8 (337)

Tower Hamlets 173.1 (562), 139.5 (453)

Waltham Forest 155.6 (431), 113.0 (313)

Barking & Dagenham 155.5 (331), 120.7 (257)

Ipswich 97.1 (133), 69.4 (95)