Coronavirus: Where are the Covid-19 hotspots in England?

31 March 2020, 10:47 | Updated: 7 June 2023, 08:56

Coronavirus deaths by country around the world

There have been more than 22,000 cases of coronavirus in the UK. This is where the cases have been around the country.

The Department of Health and Social Care's latest figures showed 22,141 cases of coronavirus in the UK, with 1,408 deaths.

However, these are just the number of cases that have been tested - the real number of cases is likely to be substantially higher than this.

Official figures
England: 18,594 cases
Scotland: 1,563 cases
Wales: 1,451 cases
Northern Ireland: 533 cases

READ MORE: What are the symptoms of coronavirus?

Where in England is coronavirus?

Birmingham has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the UK so far with 578 cases across the city.

Hampshire is next with 498 cases of Covid-19, followed by Sheffield with 428.

In London, Southward, Lambeth and Brent have the highest number of coronavirus cases.

How many coronavirus tests are there in my area?

The full list of local areas in England with the number of coronavirus cases is:

Birmingham: 578

Hampshire: 498

Sheffield: 428

Southwark: 368

Lambeth: 366

Brent: 359

Surrey: 358

Cumbria: 340

Hertfordshire: 339

Wandsworth: 314

Croydon: 313

Ealing: 304

Essex: 301

Kent: 296

Harrow: 283

Lancashire: 278

Bromley: 277

Staffordshire: 256

Newham: 250

Lewisham: 248

Westminster: 241

Derbyshire: 225

Nottinghamshire: 216

Liverpool: 197

Waltham Forest: 196

Tower Hamlets: 195

Hillingdon: 192

Hackney and City of London: 189

Newcastle upon Tyne: 186

Greenwich: 185

Hounslow: 184

Wolverhampton: 175

Merton: 172

Kensington and Chelsea: 170

Oxfordshire: 165

Enfield: 164

Redbridge: 161

Hammersmith and Fulham: 158

Northamptonshire: 153

Islington: 152

Walsall: 151

Haringey: 151

Warwickshire: 148

Leicestershire: 146

Worcestershire: 146

Sandwell: 144

Buckinghamshire: 140

Dudley: 136

Norfolk: 133

Bexley: 130

Leeds: 129

Camden: 127

Barnet: 124

Derby: 118

Havering: 118

Barking and Dagenham: 115

West Sussex: 113

Richmond upon Thames: 112

Sutton: 111

Manchester: 109

Cambridgeshire: 109

Gloucestershire: 109

North Yorkshire: 108

Salford: 104

Oldham: 101

Coventry: 101

Devon: 101

County Durham: 100

Suffolk: 100

Nottingham: 99

Milton Keynes: 94

Stockport: 93

Bristol, City of: 92

Kingston upon Thames: 92

Solihull: 87

Trafford: 86

Sunderland: 86

Barnsley: 79

Shropshire: 78

Rochdale: 78

Lincolnshire: 78

Wiltshire: 76

Slough: 73

Medway: 72

Portsmouth: 72

Kirklees: 72

North Tyneside: 71

Rotherham: 70

Luton: 69

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly: 69

Southampton: 68

Northumberland: 67

Leicester: 65

Bradford: 63

Tameside: 62

Wakefield: 62

Cheshire East: 61

Central Bedfordshire: 60

Bury: 59

South Gloucestershire: 58

Sefton: 57

Wirral: 56

Wigan: 53

Gateshead: 52

St. Helens: 49

Doncaster: 49

Windsor and Maidenhead: 48

Bolton: 47

Somerset: 46

Cheshire West and Chester: 45

Dorset: 45

East Sussex: 45

Plymouth: 44

Stockton-on-Tees: 43

Thurrock: 41

West Berkshire: 41

Telford and Wrekin: 40

Bath and North East Somerset: 39

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 39

Calderdale: 39

North Somerset: 36

East Riding of Yorkshire: 35

Torbay: 35

Redcar and Cleveland: 34

Bedford: 34

Knowsley: 34

Middlesbrough: 33

Stoke-on-Trent: 33

Brighton and Hove: 33

Southend-on-Sea: 31

South Tyneside: 31

York: 30

Swindon: 28

Reading: 28

Herefordshire, County of: 25

Peterborough: 24

Wokingham: 23

Warrington: 22

Bracknell Forest: 21

North East Lincolnshire: 20

Halton: 19

Blackpool: 18

Darlington: 16

North Lincolnshire: 15

Blackburn with Darwen: 14

Hartlepool: 12

Kingston upon Hull, City of: 11

Isle of Wight: 11

Rutland: 2

Accurate accurate as of Monday 30th March 2020. Source: Public Health England

How to protect yourself from coronavirus

People need to reinvoke the slogan "Catch it, bin it, kill it, wash your hands". That is the simple answer because it's a respiratory illness.

You should treat it in the same way you treat a cold: use alcohol-based anti-bacterial soaps and sprays, avoid touching their eyes, nose and mouth and avoid contact with people who are infected.

Professor John Oxford told LBC the old-fashioned way of stopping viruses is the best defence here: "The only way to stop it is physical cleaning and social distance - keeping away from people. Once they are close together in taxis or small rooms, then there may be a problem."

What are the symptoms of coronavirus?

The symptoms are similar to a common cold, including:
- headache
- cough
- fever
- shortness of breath
- chills
- body aches

In most cases, you won't know whether you have a Coronavirus or a cold-causing virus, such as rhinovirus.

But if a Coronavirus infection spreads to the lower respiratory tract, such as your lungs, it can cause pneumonia, especially in older people.