The rate of Covid-19 infections in Kingston upon Thames is falling steadily, following a sharp rise in early and mid-July.

The number of new cases of the virus in the borough has declined for the second week in a row, going from 508 on 24 July to 412 on 31 July.

This follows a sharp rise earlier in July, with new Covid-19 cases growing by 48% and then 66% over the first two weeks of the month.

The rate of coronavirus infections in Kingston hit its peak on 17 July, when over 600 people contracted the illness over the past 7 days.

This decline is in keeping with a national trend of decreasing Covid rates in the UK.

And fewer than 1 per every 1,000 people who contract the illness are now dying from it, a significant reduction from 60 per 1,000 last winter, the BBC reports.

The decline in deaths from the virus has been attributed to the high Covid-19 vaccination rate in the UK, with 85 million doses given out since the vaccination programme began in January 2021.

There is now a push to get young people vaccinated as a fifth of hospital casesof the illness are people in the 18-34 age group.

And only 68% of UK 18-29 year olds have had their first dose of the vaccine.

Walk-in vaccination clinics are still being rolled out across Kingston.

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