Covid cases are on the rise in PrestonCovid cases are on the rise in Preston
Covid cases are on the rise in Preston

Covid in Preston: Areas where infections rose the most in the last week as expert warns of autumn wave

Weekly coronavirus cases are continuing to rise across the UK, with the rolling seven-day average increasing for eight consecutive days to 339.3 per 100,000 people.

Professor Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist from Imperial College London and former member of the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), has predicted a “large wave” in Autumn after pupils begin mixing in schools.

Here are the neighbourhoods where Covid cases rose or fell the most in the seven days to 20 August/22 August.

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