Covid-19 in North Somerset - Part 8: Cancel Christmas?
What a difference a month makes! Since my last post, the rate of government reported Covid-19 cases has rocketed in both North Somerset and Bristol - see the figures below. In Bristol, the infection rate is a staggering 330 new cases per day and has been at that rate since the 22 October. Apparently, the infection rate is high in particular areas, notably Bishopsworth (see: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/19/the-mystery-of-bristols-soaring-covid-19-infection-rate), but the reasons are obscure. For those using the Zoe-Covid app (https://covid.joinzoe.com/), the map available to those logging shows a marked concentration of cases in the university/college towns and cities of the south-west - Bristol, Bath, Exeter, Plymouth. Of course, these are the centres of population, but there is a suspicion that students returning to college have brought more than their books! In North Somerset, we have been averaging more than 70 new cases every day, since the 22 October. Lookin