North south divide in covid outbreak

[weepingwillow22]

I was struck by this map on the zoe app showing the number of current infections per million people.

There is such a marked divide between the north and south of the UK, from the Highlands of Scotland where there are 2900 cases per million to the north of England where it drops to an average of around 2000, to the midlands which are at about 1500 and then to the south east which is around 500 to 1000 and then finally the south west which is below 500.

Does anyone have any views on the reasons for this regional disparity. I am wondering if it is climate related as an earlier autumn in the north means faster spread of the virus.

If this is the case though it does not bode well for all of us heading into winter. Any views?

@EarlGreywithLemon thanks for the link.really interesting. Supports more the wfh situation (rather the my hope we maybe had greater immunity).

@GreenGoldRed immunity would be great, but not sure how much it would help (or l, I should say, how long it would help for). We seem to be getting more and more reports of definite reinfections. Still small numbers of fully documented cases, but the latest in Nevada is worrying - reinfection after only six weeks, and worse illness the second time around. Healthy 25 year old too, so not someone with a weakened immune system. Really hoping there aren’t lots more of these coming.

There’s some good links on the positive news thread. One article about how herd immunity can be achieved at much lower levels (even 10-20%) and another article about T-cell immunity. Researchers have found people who had a T-cell response to previous SARS virus lasting many, many years (17 I think).