COVID-19 rates rose in two-thirds of England's small areas in the week to 6th Jan. But some falls in London/SE. On this map, each arrow is an MSOA with a population of 7-10k. Green shows a fall since last week and purple shows a rise. Larger arrows show bigger rises/falls. 1/
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And here's the latest cartogram showing which small areas of England and Wales had the highest COVID-19 case rates in the week ending 6th January. Each hexagon⬢ represents an MSOA with a population of around 7k-10k. Areas are grouped into counties etc. 2/

10:14 AM · Jan 12, 2021

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3/ You can download high resolution versions of these images, including labels for each local authority area, on google drive at these links: 1. drive.google.com/file/d/1Y6O… 2. drive.google.com/file/d/1LmZ…
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The size of the "increasing" arrows maxes out at +500 cases per 100k population. The uniformity of the arrows in e.g. Merseyside and IoW shows that almost all MSOAs had weekly increases above +500 ☹️ In hindsight the max arrow length should have been higher than +500 this week.
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Replying to @carlbaker
I remember when 150/100K was cause for full blown March style lockdowns. Shows just how bad it is now.
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Replying to @carlbaker
ISTR the Isle of Wight being one of the areas with the lowest case rates and the lowest tier. They now have highest case rates. This just goes to show how ineffective the tiering system was.
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