Here are the areas of Northampton which have the highest number of new Covid-19 cases right now

Figures issued by the county's Public Health team shows area of Northampton where numbers of new Covid-19 cases are remaining high.

A central slice of the Borough through the town centre and into the Abington, Phippsville and Sunnyside areas all feature in a list of the highest infection rates during the last month.

Data compiled by the Public Health officials shows what positive Covid-19 case numbers would look like if each local community had exactly the same size population, 100,000.

Abington is currently showing a rate of 342 new cases per 100,000 — just as it was a month ago.

Sunnyside and Phippsville both have rates in excess of 200 while Kingsley Park and the Racecourse areas has produced 168 postive tests per 100,000.

Analysts admit the numbers represent "the best possible estimate" from a wider range of numbers because there is always a margin of error when calculating cases per 100,000 population — particularly where actual case numbers are small.

Overall, the latest equivalent figure for Northampton is 17.3 new cases per 100,000 in the week September 11 and September 17. That number has more than halved from a month earlier when Northampton was tagged "an area of concern" by Public Health England following an outbreak of more than 300 cases at the Greencore sandwich-making factory in Moulton Park.

PHE removed the town from their watchlist last week but local officials say the community figures underline the need for residents to remain cautious and continue to follow extra local guidance advising people to limit mixing between households and avoid car sharing and using public transport.

Northamptonshire's Director of Public Health Lucy Wightman said: "We need to make sure that people are aware, although the case rate overall has come down we are still precariously close to the rate that tips you back in to being on that watchlist.

"It's been positive news and people should congratulate themselves on playing a part in that but we do need to carry on with all that good behaviour if we're going to stay in this slightly safe space.

"The case rate has come down in Northampton, Kettering and Corby but we've also seen it increase in Wellingborough, East Northamptonshire and South Northamptonshire. So all those rules that we saw successfully address inccreases in areas that were of concern, we are now asking everybody to maintain in long term."

Corby remains the area of Northamptonshire with the highest rate of new infections, 378 new cases per 100,000 people in the 28 days to September 17.

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