Figure has risen fourfold in two weeks, with many of those living in areas with lower vaccine uptake
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More than 7 million – or one in eight – people in England are living in areas experiencing high Covid rates, close to four times the number just two weeks ago.
Many of those affected live in the country’s most deprived areas and are facing a combination of high case rates and lower-than-average vaccine uptake, according to the available data.
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