The Covid vaccine is being delivered across the county
THE Covid infection rate in Somerset is well below the England average, according to Public Health England figures.
The rates in the four districts in figures released yesterday (Saturday) are:
South Somerset - 17.2 cases per 100,000 of population (down from 17.8 the previous day).
Somerset West and Taunton - 11.6 cases per 100,000 of population (12.2).
Sedgemoor - 17 cases per 100,000 (19.5).
Mendip - 20.8 cases per 100,000 (19).
The rates are based on the latest seven-day rolling figures.
The rate across the whole of England is 29 cases per 100,000 people.
The latest 24-hour figures show there were four new confirmed cases in South Somerset; one in SWT; seven in Sedgemoor; and two in Mendip.
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