Covid update

Published by in Health · 23 August 2020

The NHS has released figures for the number of positive tests by what are called "Middle Layer Super Output Areas" (MSOA), around here this equates to the local district council wards, but that is not the case everywhere .

They do not publish the figures if they are less than 3 per week, so the starred data means a number between 0 and 2.

week beginning	Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet	Hartley & Hodsoll Street	West Kingsdown & Fawkham	New Ash Green
2 March	*	*	*	*
9 March	*	*	*	*
16 March	*	*	*	*
23 March	4	4	*	*
30 March	10	6	*	3
6 April	14	*	7	*
13 April	14	*	*	*
20 April	*	5	*	*
27 April	*	3	*	3
4 May	*	*	*	*
11 May	*	*	*	*
18 May	*	*	*	*
25 May	*	*	*	*
1 June	*	*	*	*
8 June	*	*	*	*
15 June	*	*	*	*
22 June	*	*	*	*
29 June	*	*	*	*
6 July	*	*	*	*
13 July	*	*	*	*
20 July	*	*	*	*
27 July	*	*	*	*
3 August	*	*	*	*
10 August	*	*	*	*
17 Aug	*	*	*	*

Source: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/cases

Sadly the disease has claimed the lives of several local people. The Office for National Statistics has published details for MSOA areas for March to July. During that time 1 person has died in New Ash Green and Ash, 10 in Hartley and Hodsoll Street, 12 in West Kingdown and Fawkham and 14 in Longfield, New Barn and Southfleet (see table below).

Month	Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet	Hartley & Hodsoll Street	West Kingsdown & Fawkham	New Ash Green
Covid
Mar	0	0	1	0
Apr	10	9	8	0
May	2	0	0	1
Jun	2	0	2	0
Jul	0	1	1	0
Total	14	10	12	1

Non Covid
Mar	7	11	8	6
Apr	11	9	5	2
May	15	2	7	1
Jun	5	5	9	4
Jul	6	5	7	1
Total	44	32	36	14

Source: Office for National Statistics

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