Covid spreading fastest among youngsters aged 11-22 in Bedford as locals fear lockdown

mirror.co.uk:

A surge in Covid cases caused by the new Indian variant has left Bedford residents fearing a local lockdown. Nearly three quarters of cases in the town have been identified as the new B.1.617.2 Covid variant.

And there's a concern in general for the increasing cases in the area, as numbers have more than doubled in the last week to a rate of 105 per 100,000 people.

The virus is spreading the fastest among those aged 11 to 22 in the area, according to the most recent Bedford Borough snapshot.

The majority of people in that age range won't be getting the vaccine at all under current rules, with 18 to 22-year-olds set to be last in line to get their jabs.