Coronavirus cases have dipped off in Tooting and its surrounding areas, the latest figures reveal.

While the last stats available for the area are as of August 26, there was still a dip in total cases compared to the week before.

In Wandsworth Borough, Covid-19 cases have dropped by 136 in the last seven days recorded (August 20 - August 26) , meaning the total number is down by 13.6 per cent.

Overall that leaves the borough with 865 cases, which means for every 100,000 people there are 262.3 cases of Covid-19.

Tooting Bec West is the area that has seen the sharpest increase of cases , with 7 positive tests taking its overall total to 25 (38.9 per cent increase). 390.9 people for every 100,000 have the virus in that area. Generally, most of the areas in and around Tooting had seen a slight decrease in cases.

In weeks gone by Wandsworth has tended to have an infection rate much higher national average, however, it is now less, with England having 315.2 people with coronavirus for every 100,000.

Wandsworth still has more cases per person than the average in London, which is 241.6 per every 100,000 people.

For the period between August 20 and August 26, London had 21,747 new cases.

In England, there have been 178,267 more cases in the same time frame. The UK altogether has had 238,160 in that time, with 355 people in every 100,000 having Covid-19 - higher than the English, London and Wandsworth rate.

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