BASINGSTOKE is set to be the least infect area of Hampshire by next week.

A tool, devised by Imperial College London, predicts the parts of the country likely to see more than 50 cases per week, which it classes as a 'hotspot.'

Currently, the map indicates that the Basingstoke and Deane local authority area has a 43 per cent chance of recording more than 50 cases per week by February 21.

This week, ending on February 14, Basingstoke and Deane has an 89 per cent chance of recording more than 50 cases.

If the predictions are correct, it would make Basingstoke the least affected region in Hampshire, tying with the New Forest.

Surrounding local authority areas are predicted to have significantly higher infection rates.

Winchester has a 67 per cent of seeing 50 cases a day whilst Test Valley has a 88 per cent chance, Hart 46 per cent and West Berkshire 89 per cent.

Government data shows that Basingstoke currently has a below UK average rolling case rate of 140.4 cases per 100,000 people.

Buckskin and Worting, South Ham and West Ham, Basingstoke Central, Black Dam and Eastrop currently have the highest rolling rates in Basingstoke, all above 200.