Covid cases are on the rise in Oxford, as the government go ahead with plans to drop all remaining restrictions tomorrow. 

After taking a closer look at Covid data from the UK Health and Security Agency for individual areas it is possible to spot Covid hotspots and see some Oxford areas have seen steep increases in cases.

A total of 49,845 cases were confirmed in Oxford on Wednesday, up from 49,655 on Tuesday, an increase of 190 cases. 

In the latest seven day data up to March 25, there has been a 16.6% increase in Covid cases in Oxford with 1510 cases reported and a case rate of 996.1 cases per 100,000 people. 

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Looking at individual areas, Blackbird Leys has seen the highest increase in cases in the latest seven day period (up to March 25).

There was a 96.7% increase in new cases from the previous seven day period, on March 24, bringing the case numbers to 59.

Wolvercote & Cutteslowe also saw a huge rise in Covid cases, with an increase of 73.9% going from 34 cases to 80 cases in the latest 7 day period.

Risinghurst & Sandhills saw the third highest increase in Covid cases at 49.4%.

During this period, Headington saw the highest amount of new Covid cases at 138, Oxford central saw the second highest at 126, and Risinghurst & Sandhills saw the third-highest at 118. 

In terms of Covid hotspots, the area with the highest Covid rate was Risinghurst & Sandhills which had 1618.2 cases per 100,000 people.

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The Covid rate takes into account the number of cases per the population size, giving a better image of how much an area is impacted by Covid. 

The area with the second highest Covid rate was Wolvercote & Cutteslowe (1464.1) and the third highest was North Central Oxford (1408.2). 

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