Ealing Worst Hit By Covid-19 Resurgence
Borough has London's highest infection rate with hot spot in Hanwell
Efforts been made across London to encourage people to get vaccinated
The borough of Ealing is once again the worst hit part of London for Covid-19 infections with over 1,000 cases in the week to 3 September.
This gives the local authority area an infection rate per 100,000 of 300 as the number of positive tests continues to rise.
The Hanwell has one of the highest rates within the borough with an infection rate of 512.9 in the area designated by the Office of National Statistics as Elthorne Park and 401.6 in the area designated as Hanwell. Pitshanger has the same rate after the number of cases doubled in the previous week.
Local hospitals are reporting increased admissions but not yet on the scale seen in the second wave of the virus at the beginning of this year.
There are currently around 1,000 people in London hospitals being treated for Covid-19 compared with close to 8,000 at the peak in January.
An GP based in the borough said, “I can’t give a good reason why Ealing’s infection rate is relatively high at the moment but I think it is set to rise further. The current number of cases don’t reflect the return to school and children are the biggest pool of people who are unvaccinated.
“The government is gambling that vaccination will suppress hospitalisations and deaths so we don’t need to worry about the high rate but let’s just say I wouldn’t be booking a holiday for the October half term just yet. They have ruled out a circuit-breaker at that time but they have ruled out things before and they have happened.”
Other local health experts believe a relatively low vaccination rate may account for the consistently higher rates of infection in the borough and additional efforts are being made to boost take up.
| Covid-19 Infections in Ealing in week to 3 September | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | Rolling coronavirus rate per 100,000 | Rolling number of cases | Percentage increase |
| Elthorne Park | 512.9 |
33 |
57.1 |
| Whitton Avenue West | 501.9 |
47 |
67.9 |
| Kingshill Avenue | 433.0 |
37 |
2.8 |
| Hanwell | 401.6 |
29 |
3.6 |
| Pitshanger | 401.6 |
25 |
108.3 |
| West Ealing | 387.5 |
41 |
46.4 |
| Southall Park | 382.0 |
36 |
16.1 |
| South Ealing | 370.8 |
24 |
60.0 |
| Norwood Green North & Windmill Park | 364.4 |
42 |
-2.3 |
| Greenford Ravenor Park | 353.4 |
26 |
52.9 |
| St Mary’s | 347.8 |
31 |
19.2 |
| Cuckoo Park | 345.7 |
32 |
10.3 |
| Greenford South | 323.5 |
24 |
4.3 |
| Hanger Hill East | 323.1 |
25 |
13.6 |
| Ealing Broadway East | 314.6 |
46 |
39.4 |
| Brent Valley | 300.8 |
18 |
-41.9 |
| Drayton Green & Cleveland | 295.6 |
27 |
35.0 |
| Northolt West | 288.8 |
29 |
-3.3 |
| Greenford North | 285.3 |
24 |
26.3 |
| Horsenden | 285.2 |
25 |
-7.4 |
| Northolt East | 283.2 |
19 |
58.3 |
| Southall West | 282.1 |
34 |
-15.0 |
| Southall North | 274.3 |
23 |
-39.5 |
| Bilton Road | 263.8 |
18 |
12.5 |
| Northolt South | 251.7 |
21 |
-30.0 |
| Southall Green | 246.6 |
35 |
9.4 |
| Ealing Common & Twyford Ave | 236.6 |
20 |
-20.0 |
| Northfields | 230.0 |
18 |
12.5 |
| Perivale | 212.8 |
16 |
-40.7 |
| Greenford West | 199.6 |
21 |
-38.2 |
| Norwood Green South | 184.7 |
14 |
-44.0 |
| Ealing Broadway West | 146.3 |
13 |
-40.9 |
Source: Office of National Statistics
The total number of Covid-19 cases identified in London is now over a million since the outbreak compared to 6,102,850 cases for England as a whole up to 7 September
In the most recent week of complete data, for the week to 3 September, 21,900 cases were identified in London, a rate of 243 cases per 100,000 population similar to the previous week. For the same period 183,727 cases were identified in England as a whole, a rate of 325 cases per 100,000 population. This compares with 177,507 cases and a rate of 314 for the previous week.
Up to and including 07 September 2021 5,813,328 people in London had received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 5,147,524 had received two doses.
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September 9, 2021