
Cumbria now has the 15th lowest infection rate of all upper-tier local authority areas in the UK.
The county’s infection rate is now 282.1 per 100,000, which is significantly lower than the UK average of 457.6.
Here are the areas in Cumbria with the highest rate of coronavirus infection. The number of weekly cases for the week ending November 30 is accompanied by the rate per 100,000 in brackets:
- Kendal North & Burneside – 48 (547.3 per 100,000)
- Mirehouse, Kells & Woodhouse – 50 (503.4 per 100,000)
- Egremont & Moor Row – 38 (490.3 per 100,000)
- Parton & Distington – 25 (486 per 100,000)
- Askam & Dalton North – 27 (434.3 per 100,000)
- Penrith Outer – 43 (407.2 per 100,000)
Cases by district
This is data for the week ending November 30:
- Allerdale – 247 (252.5 per 100,000)
- Barrow-in-Furness – 216 (323.7 per 100,000)
- Carlisle – 247 (227.6 per 100,000)
- Copeland – 223 (327.7 per 100,000)
- Eden – 176 (327.4 per 100,000)
- South Lakeland – 301 (286.9 per 100,000)