MAPS comparing the current situation with that of four weeks ago show how much worse the spread of Covid-19 has got in the Winchester district the past month.

The Government graphic shows how infection rates in almost every area of the district have risen, in some areas dramatically, in the past four weeks.

On the map, lighter, green colours show low infection rates - the number of positive cases per 100,000 people - while darker blues show higher rates, with purple being the highest rates of infection.

Greens show a rate of below 99 infections per 100,000 people, light blue is 100-199, dark blue 200--399 and purple shows a rate of 400 and higher.

The map, comparing the rates in the seven days to December 12 (left), with the seven days to January 9 (right), show how much worse the situation has got in the Winchester district, as the rate of infection national spread massively due to a new strain of Covid-19, the loosening of rules around Christmas, and the Government's failed tiered system of restrictions.

Confirmed cases of Covid-19 also only reflect between an eighth and a quarter of actual cases - as many people with the virus are asymptomatic or don't get tested - meaning the actual figures could be much higher.

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

In last week the number of coronavirus cases in the district has fallen compared to figures from the previous seven days, with 442 cases recorded up Friday and 557 in the week previous.