COVID STATS 7TH JAN

	27.09	5.11	19.11	5.12	22.12		2.1	7.1
North Somerset	31	177	304	142	153	188	256	372
Cornwall	20	47	90	25	66	79	173	324
Bristol	46	350	480	168	153	166	217	408
Chelmsford	41	91	150	109	597	751	878	1058
Exeter	283	128	168	102	117	144	147	226
Braintree	42	58	109	104	582	709	910	1160
Plymouth	30	150	225	63	92	107	219	221
IoW	10	41	78	29	71	110	253	916
Liverpool	516	330	276	97	138	171	242	611
Manch		466	372	175	173	196	208	351
Sunderland	274	309	412	161	155	176	267	514
Newcastle	445	284	449	156	152	139	147	235
Swansea		397	231	368	747	696	400	431
Cardiff		301	156	247	678	684	460	470
Glasgow		286	275	147	146	151	194	318
Aberdeen		41	58	61	158	174	171	279
Belfast		317	213	109	140	150	225	504
Newry		199	118	113	244	236	256	756
Sandford					82	106	201	320
w.Bodmin					0	62	62	287
Lostwithiel					55	99.8	190	308

Truly shocking. Essex in particular. And the Isle of Wight is proof that different tiers do no not work – I suspect that if people had not flooded to the island the figure there would be about 10% of the current. Most areas have their highest ever figures in my stats. Lots of areas have seen numbers go up by over 50% in just 5 days.

And a thought – not necessarily a good one! Whilst I am sure the rollout of the vaccine to old, vulnerable at NHS/care home staff is totally sensible; I wonder if concentrating on areas with high infection rates would then be feasible. Impose a 14 day total transport lockdown and vaccinate everyone they can – thus in my theory preventing further transmission? I am sure the government has figures (or ought to have) for smaller areas. EG. Wedmore and Mark has a high incidence, what is the age group, geographical distribution, etc. Then target that group / area.