One in 24 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Bristol in the last week as cases of the virus creep up, according to Bristol City Council. The new statistics from the local authority show that coronavirus is spreading as last week one in 37 reported having the virus, despite free tests no longer being available to the general public.
A weekly council report reveals that in the week up to June 6 a total of 4.2 per cent of people in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset have had Covid-19. This compares to an English national average of 3.4 per cent.
And official Government statistics also show that covid-19 is continuing to spread, more than two years after the first lockdown in March 2020. An interactive map on the Government's website shows that in the seven days up to July 1 - the last time from which data is available - there were 1,490 Covid-19 cases in Bristol.
