COVID-19 rate in BT47 and BT48 continues to fall but at a slowing pace

The prevalence of coronavirus in the BT48 and BT47 postal districts of Derry is continuing to decline but not as rapidly as it did during the month of October.
By Kevin Mullan
Published 16th Nov 2020, 16:08 BST
Updated 16th Nov 2020, 16:22 BST
A map showing the distribution of coronavirus across the north.A map showing the distribution of coronavirus across the north.
A map showing the distribution of coronavirus across the north.

On Monday it was reported that between November 9 and November 15 the case rate in BT48, which covers the cityside of Derry, fell to 217.4 per 100,000 people with 132 cases registered during the week.

That was down from case rates of 283.2 per 100,000 a week ago, 398.5 per 100,000 a fortnight ago, 691.6 per 100,000 three weeks ago, and 1,155.9 per 100,000 four weeks ago.

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In BT47, which covers the Waterside and the countryside on the east bank of the Foyle to Dungiven, there has been a similar decline albeit at a slower pace than previous weeks.

The rate has fallen to 216.4 per 100,000 people with 133 positive cases over the seven days. This fell from 275 per 100,000 last week, 364.5 per 100,000 a fortnight ago, 595.5 per 100,000 three weeks ago, and 997.4 per 100,000 four weeks ago.

Two dozen postal districts in the north are now recording higher rates than BT47 and BT48.

The BT52 district which covers Coleraine is now suffering the highest COVID-19 prevalence rate in the north.

Its rate of 682.1 is now three times higher than both BT47 and BT48.

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