BT47 had 617 Covid-19 cases in the week Monday, February 14, to Sunday, February 20, 2022.BT47 had 617 Covid-19 cases in the week Monday, February 14, to Sunday, February 20, 2022.
BT47 had 617 Covid-19 cases in the week Monday, February 14, to Sunday, February 20, 2022.

Postcodes with the highest number of positive Covid cases in Northern Ireland in the last week of 2021

Northern Ireland records over 53,000 cases of Covid in the last week of 2021, here are the postcodes most affected by the latest surge.

The Covid-19 case rates have been published for the week Monday, December 27, 2021 to Sunday, January 2, 2022.

According to the Northern Ireland Covid Dashboard there were 53,586 positive test results in the last seven days - the highest rate of infection Northern Ireland has seen since the start of the pandemic.

The Christmas holidays has seen an increase in cases, according to the latest figures from the UK government, Northern Ireland's infection rate is the highest in the UK at 1,619.8 per 100,00 people.

In the last seven days alone 198 people have been admitted to hospital for Covid and 112 care homes currently have a confirmed outbreak.

The Omicron variant is spreading at a rapid rate across the province, with more than 14 postcodes seeing more than 1,000 cases in the last seven days.

Here are the postcodes in Northern Ireland with the highest cases in the past week.

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