The latest UK Covid dashboard figures show 24.1 per cent of people who took a PCR test in the week to December 24 got a positive result.
The city’s positivity rate is the highest since comparable records began and is up from 21.8 per cent - the previous high - from the day before.
With the emergence of the highly-transmissible Omicron variant, the positivity rate has climbed sharply since the start of December, when it was 8.6 per cent in Leeds.
Covid cases in many areas of Leeds are on the rise, with infection rates spiking.
Here, we reveal which Leeds neighbourhoods have seen the biggest increase in infection rates in the seven days to December 25, compared to the previous week.
The infection rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people. All images are for illustrative purposes only.
With the emergence of the highly-transmissible Omicron variant, the positivity rate has climbed sharply since the start of December, when it was 8.6 per cent in Leeds.
![Otley North recorded an infection rate of 1,241.5. That’s up 175% from the previous week, when the rate was 451.5.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIzOTc4Nzc3.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
7. Otley North
Otley North recorded an infection rate of 1,241.5. That’s up 175% from the previous week, when the rate was 451.5.
![Middleton Town Street recorded an infection rate of 1,232.9. That’s up 164.9% from the previous week, when the rate was 465.5.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIzOTc4Nzc4.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
8. Middleton Town Street
Middleton Town Street recorded an infection rate of 1,232.9. That’s up 164.9% from the previous week, when the rate was 465.5.
![Whinmoor recorded an infection rate of 1,191.7. That’s up 161.1% from the previous week, when the rate was 456.4.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIzOTc4Nzc5.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
9. Whinmoor
Whinmoor recorded an infection rate of 1,191.7. That’s up 161.1% from the previous week, when the rate was 456.4.
![Cookridge & Holt Park recorded an infection rate of 1,585.6. That’s up 158.8% from the previous week, when the rate was 612.6.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIzOTc4Nzgw.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
10. Cookridge & Holt Park
Cookridge & Holt Park recorded an infection rate of 1,585.6. That’s up 158.8% from the previous week, when the rate was 612.6.Photo: Google
![Gipton South & Killingbeck Park recorded an infection rate of 937.6. That’s up 155.5% from the previous week, when the rate was 366.9.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIzOTc4Nzgx.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
11. Gipton South & Killingbeck Park
Gipton South & Killingbeck Park recorded an infection rate of 937.6. That’s up 155.5% from the previous week, when the rate was 366.9.Photo: Google
![Beeston East recorded an infection rate of 866.2. That’s up 155.1% from the previous week, when the rate was 339.5.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIzOTc4Nzgy.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
12. Beeston East
Beeston East recorded an infection rate of 866.2. That’s up 155.1% from the previous week, when the rate was 339.5.