Covid infection rates are on the rise as more cases of the Delta variant are identified.
Figures show that the Braintree district currently has an average rate of 18.3 per 100,000 people.
A total of 28 cases have also been recorded in the seven days leading up to June 10.
In Maldon, the infection rate is among the highest in Essex, standing at 37 per 100,000 people and 24 cases recorded in the same time period.
As a result, a number of neighbourhoods across mid Essex now appear on the Governments Covid hotspot map.
Braintree:
Four areas the district recorded more than three cases during this week, meaning they are included on the Government's hotspots map.
The rest has seen less than three cases, meaning the virus is class as "suppressed" in these areas.
Halstead Central and West: Seven cases
Braintree South: Five cases
Coggeshall and Kelvedon: Four cases
Great Notley and Black Notley: Three cases
Maldon
Four areas in Maldon have also recorded more than three cases in the last week as the infection rate soared across the district.
Burnham-on-Crouch: Nine cases
Mayland, Althorne and Cold Norton: Three cases
Maldon South: Three cases
Tollesbury, Tolleshunt and Goldhanger: Three cases
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