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The seven-day rate of new coronavirus cases has been published for each local authority, showing that Nottingham, Knowsley and Liverpool continue to record the highest rates.
The figures, for the seven days through October 11, are based on tests conducted in laboratories (pillar one of the government’s testing program) and in the wider community (pillar two).
The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.
Millions of people in the Liverpool city region are at the highest Level 3 restrictions as Greater Manchester continues to resist being placed in Level 3.
Statistics show that Manchester’s rate has dropped.
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Discussions with Lancashire about moving the county to Level 3 are ongoing.
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Data for the most recent four days (October 12-15) have been excluded because they are incomplete and do not reflect the actual number of cases.
Nottingham continues to have the highest rate in England, with 3,070 new cases registered in the seven days to October 11, the equivalent of 922.2 cases per 100,000 people.
This is a huge jump from 609.8 cases per 100,000 in the seven days to October 4.
See the infection rates in the graph below (it may take a couple of seconds to appear)
Exeter is the only area in the top 20 that is on Level 1. The Liverpool city region council areas, marked in orange, are on Level 3.
Knowsley has the second highest rate, which has climbed from 602.5 to 699.3, with 1,055 new cases.
Liverpool is in third place, where the rate has gone from 580.1 to 676.6, with 3,370 new cases.
The rate in Manchester has fallen from 558.0 to 473.0, with 2,615 new cases registered.
Other areas that saw big jumps in their seven-day rates include: Burnley (from 415.0 to 605.0, with 538 new cases); West Lancashire (293.9 to 465.4, with 532 new cases); Blackburn with Darwen (from 257.9 to 442.2, with 662 new cases); and Durham County (201.3 to 337.3, with 1,788 new cases).
The list has been calculated by the PA news agency and is based on data from Public Health England published on October 15 in the government’s coronavirus control panel.
Here are the top 20 authorities on the list.
The rate of new cases in the seven days until October 11; number (in parentheses) of new cases registered in the seven days until October 11; rate of new cases in the seven days until October 4; number (in parentheses) of new cases registered in the seven days to October 4.
Nottingham 922.2 (3070), 609.8 (2030)
Knowsley 699.3 (1055), 602.5 (909)
Liverpool 676.6 (3370), 580.1 (2889)
Burnley 605.0 (538), 415.0 (369)
Sefton 475.7 (1315), 370.8 (1025)
Manchester 473.0 (2615), 558.0 (3085)
Pendle 469.0 (432), 307.2 (283)
West Lancashire 465.4 (532), 293.9 (336)
Newcastle upon Tyne 463.3 (1403), 492.0 (1490)
Sheffield 444.2 (2598), 385.7 (2256)
St. Helens 442.5 (799), 347.2 (627)
Blackburn with Darwen 442.2 (662), 257.9 (386)
Rochdale 427.6 (951), 335.4 (746)
Wigan 404.4 (1329), 274.1 (901)
Leeds 392.7 (3115), 379.1 (3007)
Salford 389.4 (1008), 317.2 (821)
Halton 386.4 (500), 343.1 (444)
Bury 384.8 (735), 290.6 (555)
Oldham 378.3 (897), 295.6 (701)
Exeter 376.7 (495), 358.4 (471).
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