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Covid infection rate over 1% in south-east England hot spots

More than 1% of the population currently have coronavirus in two boroughs in south-east England, new figures show.

Only one borough has ever breached this benchmark before, according to Public Health England.

Thurrock and Havering have the highest infection rates in the country.

Thurrock in Essex now has 1,056 cases per 100,000 population. This means roughly 1% of the population is currently infected.

The infection rate has nearly tripled in just one week in Thurrock.

In neighbouring Havering the infection rate is 1,021.8 per 100,000.

It follows a spike in Covid-19 cases linked to a new strain of coronavirus.

Nottingham recorded the UK's highest official infection rate of 1,337 per 100,000 in early October.

Accurate infection rates for the first wave of the virus, when hospital admissions and deaths spiked, are not known due to a lack of testing.

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