Fenland also broke an unwanted record in the week to October 10, by recording the highest number of cases it has seen in any seven-day period since the pandemic began, with 599 – up 79 (15.2 per cent) on the previous week. In January, when the second wave of the virus was at its peak, the highest seven-day total was 573.
The infection rate for the week to October 10 was 586.8 cases per 100,000 people – the highest in Cambridgeshire.
Worst affected were Wisbech South and Peckover, with 93 cases, and Whittlsey, with 72, while March East, with 28, had the fewest.
Fenland has recorded:
- 10,920 confirmed cases since the pandemic began, as of October 15, 2021
- 379 cases in the five days from October 11-15, according to daily case data, which is subject to change
- 223 deaths by October 15 within 28 days of a positive test, the last of which was on October 7
- 248 deaths, as of October 1, in which Covid-19 is mentioned on the death certificate
