Coronavirus infection rate in Leeds almost doubles instantly after addition of new cases

The weekly rate of new Covid-19 cases has soared in dozens of areas of England including Leeds - following the addition of nearly 16,000 cases that had previously been unreported nationwide.

The infection rate in Leeds is up from 138.8 to 274.5 - with a total of 2,177 new cases following the review.

An IT blunder has led to delays in efforts to reach thousands of people in contact with people who tested positive for Covid-19.

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According to official data there were 22,961 cases of coronavirus reported on Sunday and 12,872 reported on Saturday.

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This compares to around 7,000 cases reported in the four preceding days.

But it has emerged that the big leap in cases occurred due to a “technical issue” which was found on Friday evening.

This glitch meant that 15,841 cases between September 25 and October 2 were left out of the reported daily coronavirus cases.

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Manchester now has the highest rate in England, with 2,740 cases recorded in the seven days to October 1 – the equivalent of 495.6 cases per 100,000 people, up from 223.2 in the previous week.

Liverpool has the second highest rate, up from 287.1 to 456.4, with 2,273 new cases.

Knowsley is in third place, up from 300.3 to 452.1, with 682 new cases.

Other areas recording sharp increases include Newcastle upon Tyne (up from 256.6 to 399.6, with 1,210 new cases), Nottingham (up from 52.0 to 283.9, with 945 new cases) and Sheffield (up from 91.8 to 233.1, with 1,363 new cases).

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All figures are based on Public Health England data published on Sunday night.

NHS England publishes the number of patients who have died in hospital and tested positive for COVID-19 in England.

Since Tuesday, April 28, NHS England and NHS Improvement also reports the number of patient deaths where there has been no COVID-19 positive test result, but where COVID-19 is documented as a direct or underlying cause of death on part 1 or part 2 of the death certification process.