Covid case rates in Wiltshire rise

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COVID case numbers in Wiltshire rise but remain below the national average.

In the last seven days, 1,494 people have tested positive for Covid-19.

The case rate per 100,000 people in the county is 296.4 – lower than the national average of 313.7.

This means that the number of cases in Wiltshire – in the last seven days – have risen by around 45 per cent.

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Last week, the same figure was 1,030 with a seven-day case rate of 204.3.

A spokesman for the council said: "Case numbers have increased this week.

"Please keep doing what you can to protect each other and help keep numbers low."

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