Kent COVID: Kent’s 59 neighborhoods with coronavirus infection rates above national average

COVID infection rates are rising in Kent, with more than 6,800 cases recorded in just one week.

The seven-day turnover rate has increased in all but one district, according to the latest government data.

However, with 77% of districts in England also experiencing a week-over-week rate increase, most parts of Kent remain below the national average.

Read more:Kent records more than 6,800 COVID cases in a week

Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells are the only districts above the English average, which currently stands at 482.9.

However, in each district there are small areas with above average case rates.

In 59 districts of Kent, COVID is spreading faster than the average in England.

Edenbridge in Sevenoaks has the highest rate in Kent by some margin.

At 953.7, he has a rate that is almost double the English average.

It is followed by Hever, Leigh & Penshurst, also in Sevenoaks (795.4), and Southborough East & Longfield Road in Tunbridge Wells (840).

There are no neighborhoods in Folkestone and Hythe, Canterbury, Swale, Thanet and Dover with above average case rates.

With an infection rate of 98.1, Canterbury St Stephen’s in Canterbury is one of the least infected areas in the county.

Neighborhoods with less than three cases are not included in the data.

Below is a full list of areas in Kent with above average rates for England – ranked from highest to lowest.

Complete list of neighborhoods in Kent above average

Number	District	District	Infection rate
1	Sevenoaks	Edenbridge	953.7
2	Sevenoaks	Hever, Leigh and Penshurst	848.2
3	Tunbridge Well	Southborough East and Longfield Road	840
4	Maidstone	Bearsted & Downswood	799.4
5	Tunbridge Well	Tunbridge Wells West	793
6	Tunbridge Well	Southborough West	778.8
7	Tunbridge Well	Langton Green, Speldhurst and Bidborough	762.1
8	Ashford	Hamstreet and Oxney Island	735.8
9	Dartford	Wilmington & Hawley	728.8
ten	Tonbridge and Malling	Borough Green, Wrotham and Shipbourne	726.7
11	Dartford	Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet	718.4
12	Tonbridge and Malling	Hildenborough	710.9
13	Tunbridge Well	High Brooms & Sherwood	710.6
14	Sevenoaks	Kemsing and Otford	705.6
15	Dartford	Joydens wood	692
16	Tunbridge Well	Tunbridge Wells South	691.6
17	Sevenoaks	Swanley South and Crockenhill	661.7
18	Sevenoaks	Darenth Valley	655.1
19	Maidstone	Yalding and Farleigh	651.8
20	Tunbridge Well	Ramslye and Rusthall	624.6
21	Maidstone	Tovil	618.6
22	Sevenoaks	West Sevenoaks and Chevening	618.3
23	Tonbridge and Malling	Town of Tonbridge	614.5
24	Ashford	Beaver and Singleton	601.3
25	Maidstone	Maidstone West	597.5
26	Tunbridge Well	Goudhurst, Horsmonden and Lamberhurst	596.2
27	Sevenoaks	Hartley and Hodsoll Streets	595.8
28	Maidstone	Barming	593.2
29	Tunbridge Well	Ferndale and Hawkenbury	587.7
30	Dartford	Swanscombe	578.1
31	Gravesham	Westcourt	567.1
32	Maidstone	Mote Park	562.9
33	Maidstone	Allington	557.1
34	Maidstone	Marden	556.4
35	Gravesham	Istead Rise & Meopham	555.8
36	Sevenoaks	Sevenoaks North	550.7
37	Ashford	Park farm	546.6
38	Maidstone	The heather of Penenden	540.2
39	Dartford	Temple hill and swamp	534
40	Medway	Hoo St Werburgh and High Halstow	529.3
41	Tonbridge and Malling	Kings Hill and Wateringbury	529.3
42	Sevenoaks	Swanley West	526
43	Gravesham	Hill of windmills	525.2
44	Dartford	Brent & Fleet Estate	524.3
45	Maidstone	Staplehurst	519.7
46	Medway	Lordswood	516.3
47	Dartford	Bean, Darenth & Sutton at Hone	516.1
48	Ashford	Bybrook, Orchard Park and Godinton	516
49	Sevenoaks	Knockholt, Shoreham & Dunton Green	507.1
50	Tonbridge and Malling	Tonbridge South and Haysden	505.5
51	Ashford	Kennington and Little Burton Farm	504.8
52	Tonbridge and Malling	Tonbridge Trench Timber	502.1
53	Gravesham	Single well	499.8
54	Medway	Cliffe	498.8
55	Medway	Setting	495.7
56	Medway	Rainham North East	493.1
57	Maidstone	Green grove	491.5
58	Gravesham	Northfleet South	490.7
59	Dartford	Ebbsfleet & Greenhithe	487.1