THESE are the 13 Bradford areas which currently have the highest Covid-19 infection rates, as case numbers shoot up across the district.

In the past seven days, case numbers of Covid have risen by 86 per cent between June 2 and June 9, as the highly transmissible Delta variant has spread through communities.

The Covid-19 infection rate for the whole district currently stands at 132.6 infections per 100,000 people, the highest rate in Yorkshire.

But some areas of the district are faring much worse, with neighbourhoods seeing very high infection rates as the Delta variant of Covid has taken hold.

There are 13 areas in the district where the infection rate is currently higher than 200, meaning 1 in 500 people in these areas have Covid-19.

Some of the areas spent weeks on end with next to no cases during the Spring, only to see case numbers now rise.

The district is broken down by Middle Super Output Area, a hyperlocal method of data breakdown to provide accurate figures at a neighbourhood level, covering areas of about 7,200 people.

The 13 areas with the highest Covid-19 infection rates in the Bradford district are:

  • Fairweather Green – 326.5 infections per 100,000 people
  • Bowling Park – 316.7
  • Undercliffe – 286.8
  • Frizinghall & Heaton Grove – 262.9
  • Buttershaw – 239
  • Bankfoot - 238
  • Girlington – 230.1
  • Great Horton & Brackenhill - 229
  • Keighley Utley – 218.5
  • Toller Lane & Infirmary – 210.3
  • Burley-in-Wharfedale – 204.5
  • Heaton Highgate – 203.9
  • Addingham & Ilkley Moor – 200.4

At the other end of the scale are Cullingworth & Denholme, Keighley Exley Head and Keighley South, which all have fewer than three cases of Covid in the past week, while Baildon South, Cottingley, Harden & Wilsden, Oakworth & Laycock, Steeton & Silsden, and Thornbury all have infection rates under 50.

And while Bradford's infection rate is the highest in Yorkshire, there are 32 other local authorities around the UK with infection rates higher than Bradford - the worst hit area of Blackburn with Darwen's infection rate of 621.3 is more than four and a half times higher than in Bradford.

You can see the infection rate in your area here.