Hyde Park had biggest Leeds peak for Covid infection rates in one week in 2020

The JPIMedia Data Unit crunched the Government’s weekly figures to create a map showing how coronavirus has spread across the city throughout 2020.

Data released by the government through 2020 shows that Hyde Park had the single largest number of cases per 100,000 people for any area of Leeds in 2020. In the week of October 14, Hyde Park had 4,287 cases per 100,000 people.

In September 30 week, Hyde Park had 2,255 cases per 100,000. This then increased to a peak of 4,287 before dropping to 2078, then 1,216 for the next two weeks of October.

How did the Covid rates change for Hyde Park?

The case rate was just 82 per 100,000 people on September 1 but it began to rise in the two weeks that followed before jumping sharply towards the end of September.

Leeds went into Tier 2 local lockdown restrictions on October 14, and the case rate began to drop significantly from that point.

The national lockdown then followed on November 5, at which point a slight increase can be seen in the following week's data, before dropping again to its lowest point in more than two months.

The number of cases has since decreased further, and stands at 437 per 100,000 people for the week of November 18, but it remains above the average for the city.

By comparison, the case rate for Leeds currently stands at 325 cases per 100,000.

This is how the data changes for cases per 100,000 people by week:

September 1: 82 cases

September 9: 224 cases

September 16: 189 cases

September 23: 897 cases

September 30: 2,255 cases

October 7: 4,287 cases

October 14: 2,078 cases

October 21: 1,216 cases

November 4: 519 cases

November 11: 673 cases

November 18: 437 cases

On Thursday, Leeds Council and the government will announce which tier of restrictions Leeds will be in under the new three-tier system.

It is expected that Leeds and West Yorkshire will go back into Tier 3 - the Tier that the region was due to be placed in before the national lockdown began.

In Tier 3, pubs and restaurants will be forced to remain closed and only be able to offer takeaways and delivery.

Non-essential shops, hair salons and gyms will be allowed to reopen but household mixing will still be banned.

Notwithstanding, Boris Johnson has announced details of a Christmas plan which will allow three households to mix for a five-day period over Christmas.