WINCHESTER and the rest of the country are now more than a week into the new nationwide lockdown, but what impact has that on infection rates in the district?

Public Health England has updated its interactive map to show all the hotspots, which details how many people have tested positive for the virus in each area of the county over the seven-day period up to Sunday, November 8.

Based on Public Health England figures, the interactive tool on the government's coronavirus dashboard breaks down positive coronavirus cases by Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs), areas with an average population of 7,200.

For each area, the map shows the number of cases reported in a weekly period, the seven-day rolling rate of new cases and any changes.

Areas with the highest rates are highlighted in purple and blue, those with the lowest rates are shown in shades of green and yellow.

Hampshire Chronicle:

Coronavirus hotspot map for the seven days up to November 1

In our area, Winchester North and Sparsholt have seen an increase of 120 per cent, recording 22 cases in the seven days up to November 8, with an infection rate of 226.7 per 100,000.

It was good news for Oliver’s Battery and Hursley for the previous two weeks it had seen an increase, but in the latest data available it saw a decrease in the number of cases reported from 19 to 16.

The infection rate per 100,000 people, along with the number of cases and the increase from the previous seven days, which is shown in brackets, are as follows:

Winchester North and Sparsholt: 226.7 per 100,000 (22 cases, up 12, +120 per cent)

Winchester East: 257.8 per 100,000 (21 cases, up 7, +50 per cent)

South Wonston, Sutton Scotney and Micheldever: 204.2 per 100,000 (12 cases, up 9, +300 per cent)

Oliver’s Battery and Hursley: 195.7 per 100,000 (16 cases, down 3, -15.8 per cent)

Winchester Central and South: 191 per 100,000 (21 cases, up 3, +23.5 per cent)

Springvale and Itchen Abbas: 174.5 per 100,000 (12 cases, up 5, +71.4 per cent)

Winchester West: 170.6 per 100,000 (17 cases, up 4, +30.8 per cent)

Whiteley, Knowle and Wickham: 136.7 per 100,000 (16 cases, up 2, +14.3 per cent)

Colden Common and Twyford: 136.5 per 100,000 (13 cases, up 1, +8.3 per cent)

Bishop's Waltham and Waltham Chase: 134.4 per 100,000 (13 cases, up 4, +44.4 per cent)

Alresford: 130 per 100,000 (11 cases, equal to the last seven days)

Denmead and Southwick: 87.8 per 100,000 (9 cases, down 10, -52.6 per cent)

Winchester Stanmore: 73.7 per 100,000 (5 cases, down 9, -64.3 per cent)

Swanmore, Hambledon and West Meon: 68.9 per 100,000 (6 cases, down 2, -25 per cent)

However, given this map is based on data from the previous week, it does not take into account the latest infections, while the infections shown are based on home address.