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.
