The vaccination programme has helped cut the number of new cases
THERE were no new cases of Covid-19 recorded in two of the four Somerset districts in the latest 24-hour period, according to figures released this afternoon (Wednesday)..
The two districts that had no positive tests for the virus were Sedgemoor and Somerset West and Taunton.
Mendip and South Somerset also fared well, with four new confirmed cases in the former and three in the latter.
The rates of infection in the county council area are among the lowest in the country.
According to the latest seven-day rolling figures, the rate per 100,000 of population in each district is 19 in South Somerset; 11 in Somerset West and Taunton; 22.7 in Sedgemoor; and 16.4 in Mendip.
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