The number of Covid19 cases in East Suffolk, which includes Felixstowe, increased last week, according to latest figures by Public Health England.

Positive coronavirus cases in the district rose to from 21 cases recorded in the week to September 13, compared with 16 the previous week. This puts the area's infection rate at 8.4 positive cases per 100,000 people, up from 6.4.

Ipswich recorded 10 positive cases, the same as the previous week, while Mid Suffolk had seven, also the same as the week before.

Babergh's infection rate remained low at two positive cases per 100,000 people, with two weekly cases identified.

Across the county show 70 people tested positive for Covid-19 during the seven days to Sunday, September 13 but Suffolk is still among the least affected nationwide with an equivalent of 9.1 cases per 100,000 people.

The overall figures shown here how East Suffolk has had 945 confirmed cumulative cases, equating to 378.8 per 100,000 residents, which is lower than the Suffolk average, with Ipswich Borough the highest number, and Babergh the least affected.

Mid Suffolk 364, 350.4 per 100,000 residents

Babergh 295, 320.5 per 100,000 residents

Suffolk 2,944, 386.7 per 100,000 residents

England 323,029, 573.9 per 100,000 residents

The majority of cases across the county have been identified in people of working age or older people, compared with previous weeks from mid to late August, where younger people accounted for more than a quarter of all positive cases in Suffolk.

A noticeable spike in demand for tests in recent weeks, with people in Suffolk and other counties unable to book a slot or being told to travel long distances Nub News reported how people in Felixstowe being told to go to Clacton, while another who works at the Port of Felixstowe did not get test results back until after she had completed an isolation period.

In early September, the number of people visiting Suffolk's mobile testing units went up by 31% compared with the end of August.