This is why the Government& #39;s insistance on using crude cases per 100,000 measurements is weighted disproportionately against small Local Authority areas like #Hartlepool.
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Hartlepool has the smallest cumulative total cases in Teesside, 2nd smallest daily increase, 2nd smallest 7 day total and yet because our LA area is a mainly a single township of approx 94,000 people we end up 2nd worst when using rate per 100,000 measure.
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Now let& #39;s consider all that all 1262 Covid cases in the LA area of Stockton on Tees were all in the town of Stockton itself (approx 85,000 people) instead of across multiple townships. All of a sudden you are looking at a completely different picture.

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So to finish this thread - Whilst there is no doubt cases are on the rise here and we really do need to do everything we can to stop the spread, the people of #Hartlepool have on the whole really tried their best during this crisis & I& #39;m extremely thankful for their efforts.