Linton & Overseal Among Derbyshire Coronavirus Hotspots According To New Figures

Linton and Overseal are fifth in the top 10 list of Coronavirus Derbyshire hotspots.

New data made public by Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Council shows the number of historic Covid cases by council district and also by more local areas between March 6 and July 4

And it records the Linton and Overseal areas as having 67 cases.

This compares to the highest area in the county, Rose Hill and Castleward area in Derby, with 86 in total.

But, outside of the City of Derby, Linton and Overseal has the third highest number of cases in the county.

The data also shows that Newhall has had 48 cases.

These local areas are not council wards but are made up of population groupings.

Each area has at least 2,000 households with an average population of 7,200 people.

The names of the areas are not necessarily ones that the public would recognise.

Of the 15 areas in the top 10 (some had joint totals) seven were in Derby while eight were in the wider county.

The figures includse testing in hospitals and in the community and is a lower figure in comparison with others nationally.

For example, Oadby North & East in Leicestershire has had 120 cases while Wigston Town, also in Leicestershire, has had 100.

The second highest area is in Derby and Derbyshire is Dronfield North East in North East Derbyshire with 79 cumulative cases.

The North East Derbyshire local authority area has the highest number of cases of all the districts and boroughs in the county – but does not stand out nationally, says Dean Wallace, director of public health at the county council.

Joint third highest local areas are four all on 76 cumulative cases.

These are: Allenton & Osmaston, New Normanton – both in Derby – along with Hady & Hasland and Killamarsh, both in North East Derbyshire.

Fourth highest is Littleover East, in Derby city, with 69 cases.

As of yet there is not enough information available to local authorities to be able to say why certain areas have had more cases than others.

This includes whether tourists flocking to the infamous "Blue Lagoon" in Harpur Hill caused the spike in Buxton North with 57 cases.

Tourist hotspots, the number of care homes, age of the population and common work occupations could all be causes – but councils currently do not have all of this data.

The top 10 hotspots for Covid cases in Derby and Derbyshire, between March 6 and July 4, were:

1. Rose Hill & Castleward – 86
2. Dronfield North East – 79
3. Allenton & Osmaston; New Normanton; Hady & Hasland; Killamarsh – 76
4. Littleover East – 69
5. Linton & Overseal – 67
6. Sinfin – 61
7. Chellaston West & Shelton Lock; Eckington & Renishaw; Glossop Centre – 60
8. Ilkeston – 58
9. Buxton North – 57
10. Wilmorton & Alvaston Village – 56

1. Rose Hill & Castleward – 86
2. Allenton & Osmaston; New Normanton – 76
3. Littleover East – 69
4. Sinfin – 61
5. Chellaston West & Shelton Lock – 60
6. Wilmorton & Alvaston Village 56
7. Normanton North & Peartree – 51
8. Cathedral Quarter & California – 46
9. Normanton South – 45
10. Alvaston & Crewton – 44

1. Dronfield North East – 79
2. Hady & Hasland; Killamarsh – 76
3. Linton & Overseal – 67
4. Eckington & Renishaw; Glossop Centre – 60
5. Ilkeston – 58
6. Buxton North – 57
7. Shirebrook North West – 53
8. Dronfield Woodhouse; Matlock North – 52
9. Creswell; Old Whittington – 49
10. Chapel & Hope Valley; Holmewood; Newhall – 48