Bedford has the highest rate of Covid-19 infections in the south of England What can be done to bring it under control?
Analysis - Daniel Wainwright, BBC England Data Unit, Bedford has one of the highest rates of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in England, with 468 in every 100,000 people.
PHE has now started providing weekly figures for both sets of tests and they show Bedford had the fifth-highest rate of new infections per 100,000 people in the seven days to 21 June.The lack of the full data breakdown has been a big problem for local directors of public health who say it has hampered their ability to look for patterns and clusters developing.Shop manager Monique Hines said she had seen a lot of people out in public not taking necessary measures.
Resident Jamal Waisome said he did not know why the rate in Bedford was so high but had seen crowded areas. "So I see the probability of an increase [in infections] here significantly more than it was in Ecuador. And in Ecuador it was already fairly high."The BBC asked PHE whether it had any early indications of why the borough has such a high infection rate. As yet, it is not in a position to provide any definitive answers.
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