These Leeds areas have seen Covid infection rates double in the last week (Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire/Gov.UK)These Leeds areas have seen Covid infection rates double in the last week (Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire/Gov.UK)
These Leeds areas have seen Covid infection rates double in the last week (Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire/Gov.UK)

The Leeds areas where Covid infection rates have doubled in last week as Christmas rules toughened

People in Leeds have seen Christmas plans thwarted as Boris Johnson toughens festive household mixing across England.

The festive bubble policy across Tier 1, 2 and 3 areas of England will be dramatically scaled back to just Christmas Day, the Prime Minister said yesterday. The Covid-19 infection rate in Leeds has been falling in recent weeks, bucking the national trend. It now stands at 140.5 new cases per 100,000 people. But these Leeds neighbourhoods have seen infection rates double in the seven days to December 14, the latest available figures, compared with the previous week. All images are for illustrative purposes only.