Wigan's Covid hotspots as the highly transmissable 'Kraken' variant spreads across the country
Covid rates soared across the UK in December.
The highly-transmissable ‘Kraken’ variant is thought to be contributing to the latest figures – it is the most transmissible sub-variant of the Omicron strain.
In Wigan one area stands head and shoulders above the rest in terms of the number of people per 100,000 infected.
Here are the neighbourhoods in Wigan starting with the areas registering the fewest cases per 100,000 people to the areas with the highest number of cases.
The figures come from the Office of National Statistics and are up to December 31, 2022.
Pictures used are for illustrative purposes and not directly linked to the data.
Testing is not mandatory now and figures may or may not be higher.
1. The 'Kraken' sub-variant is said to be the most highly transmissable strain so far
Below are the areas of Wigan from least to most cases per 100,000 people Photo: pb
3. Ashton East
There were 36.4 people per 100,000 infected as of December 31, 2022 Photo: Google
4. Ashton North
There were 37.6 people per 100,000 infected as of December 31, 2022 Photo: Google