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Britain is reeling from the freezing of lockdown easing with the imposition of new measures across large swathes of the north.
People in Greater Manchester, and parts of East Lancashire and West Yorkshire cannot now meet up with family or friends indoors or in gardens after a surge in cases.
And planned relaxations taking effect today were dramatically suspended for a fortnight nationwide, including the opening of ice rinks, bowling alleys and casinos.
While areas such as Blackburn with Darwen, Bradford, Rochdale and Oldham have been widely publicised after Leicester for their high infection rates, there are areas currently not covered by any new measures that are showing signs of a resurgence.
The latest rolling seven-day rate of new cases of Covid-19 for every local authority in England, for the seven days up to July 28, show that Swindon, Melton, Eden in Cumbria, Sandwell, Northampton and Peterborough are among the places with the highest infection rates.
Swindon in Wiltshire has been hit with outbreaks at Iceland, Royal Mail, Honda and a fire station.
The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.
Data for the most recent three days (July 29-31) has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be revised.
In Blackburn with Darwen, the rate has fallen from 92.7 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to July 21 to 83.9 in the seven days to July 28. A total of 125 new cases have been recorded.
Oldham has moved into second place, where the seven-day rate has risen from 30.6 to 58.1, with 137 new cases.
Leicester has dropped into third place with its rate falling from 65.6 to 57.1, with 203 new cases.
The list is based on Public Health England figures updated on July 31 on the Government’s coronavirus online dashboard.
Here is the list in full
The first two numbers relate to the seven days to July 28 are first, with the second pair the figures for the seven days to July 21, to show the comparison.
Blackburn with Darwen 83.9 (125), 92.7 (138)
Oldham 58.1 (137), 30.6 (72)
Leicester 57.1 (203), 65.6 (233)
Bradford 46.4 (249), 45.4 (244)
Calderdale 40.0 (84), 22.4 (47)
Trafford 39.8 (94), 20.3 (48)
Pendle 33.9 (31), 35.0 (32)
Swindon 31.5 (70), 9.9 (22)
Melton 31.3 (16), 11.7 (6)
Manchester 29.2 (160), 15.3 (84)
Rochdale 28.2 (62), 48.6 (107)
Eden 26.5 (14), 37.8 (20)
Sandwell 26.0 (85), 27.2 (89)
Northampton 24.0 (54), 27.1 (61)
Salford 23.2 (59), 13.8 (35)
Peterborough 22.9 (46), 21.4 (43)
Hyndburn 22.3 (18), 48.3 (39)
Kirklees 21.7 (95), 26.7 (117)
Burnley 20.3 (18), 15.8 (14)
Stockport 19.9 (58), 7.5 (22)
Preston 19.7 (28), 12.0 (17)
Bedford 19.2 (33), 15.7 (27)
Bolton 18.2 (52), 15.1 (43)
Oxford 18.1 (28), 15.6 (24)
Sheffield 18.0 (105), 14.8 (86)
Bassetlaw 17.1 (20), 0.9 (1)
Gravesham 16.9 (18), 19.7 (21)
West Lancashire 16.7 (19), 8.8 (10)
Bury 16.3 (31), 9.5 (18)
Tameside 16.0 (36), 9.8 (22)
Watford 15.5 (15), 12.4 (12)
Carlisle 14.8 (16), 21.2 (23)
Dartford 14.6 (16), 13.7 (15)
Luton 14.5 (31), 24.8 (53)
Hackney and City of London 14.2 (41), 18.4 (53)
Ashford 13.1 (17), 19.3 (25)
Wakefield 13.0 (45), 13.0 (45)
Wolverhampton 13.0 (34), 10.7 (28)
Birmingham 13.0 (148), 13.2 (151)
Oadby and Wigston 12.3 (7), 57.8 (33)
Coventry 12.0 (44), 6.8 (25)
Rotherham 11.7 (31), 17.0 (45)
Nuneaton and Bedworth 10.9 (14), 10.9 (14)
High Peak 10.8 (10), 10.8 (10)
Hartlepool 10.7 (10), 10.7 (10)
Folkestone and Hythe 10.7 (12), 8.9 (10)
East Staffordshire 10.1 (12), 16.9 (20)
Barking and Dagenham 9.9 (21), 5.2 (11)
Liverpool 9.9 (49), 4.0 (20)
Thanet 9.9 (14), 13.4 (19)
Dacorum 9.7 (15), 4.5 (7)
South Lakeland 9.6 (10), 4.8 (5)
Wychavon 9.4 (12), 2.4 (3)
Tandridge 9.1 (8), 1.1 (1)
Brent 9.1 (30), 4.5 (15)
Crawley 8.9 (10), 14.2 (16)
Eastbourne 8.7 (9), 19.4 (20)
Hammersmith and Fulham 8.6 (16), 3.8 (7)
Leeds 8.6 (68), 4.6 (36)
Reading 8.6 (14), 6.7 (11)
Dover 8.5 (10), 6.0 (7)
Newcastle-under-Lyme 8.5 (11), 1.5 (2)
Cannock Chase 8.0 (8), 7.0 (7)
Wigan 8.0 (26), 3.4 (11)
Barnet 7.9 (31), 5.4 (21)
Kettering 7.9 (8), 12.8 (13)
Fenland 7.9 (8), 3.9 (4)
North Warwickshire 7.7 (5), 4.6 (3)
Bexley 7.7 (19), 5.7 (14)
Charnwood 7.7 (14), 8.8 (16)
Harrogate 7.5 (12), 1.9 (3)
Newark and Sherwood 7.4 (9), 4.9 (6)
Copeland 7.3 (5), 2.9 (2)
Braintree 7.3 (11), 8.6 (13)
Blackpool 7.2 (10), 5.0 (7)
South Bucks 7.1 (5), 5.7 (4)
Corby 7.1 (5), 21.2 (15)
Tower Hamlets 6.9 (22), 8.5 (27)
Swale 6.7 (10), 5.4 (8)
Lichfield 6.7 (7), 5.8 (6)
Walsall 6.7 (19), 9.9 (28)
Hounslow 6.6 (18), 5.2 (14)
Greenwich 6.6 (19), 2.8 (8)
East Hampshire 6.6 (8), 2.5 (3)
Stafford 6.6 (9), 0.0 (0)
Shropshire 6.6 (21), 1.6 (5)
Three Rivers 6.4 (6), 4.3 (4)
East Lindsey 6.4 (9), 1.4 (2)
East Northamptonshire 6.4 (6), 10.6 (10)
Cambridge 6.4 (8), 4.8 (6)
Bolsover 6.3 (5), 1.3 (1)
Chelmsford 6.2 (11), 4.5 (8)
Brighton and Hove 6.2 (18), 3.4 (10)
Tendring 6.2 (9), 13.0 (19)
Allerdale 6.2 (6), 7.2 (7)
Barnsley 6.1 (15), 15.5 (38)
Solihull 6.0 (13), 6.5 (14)
Nottingham 6.0 (20), 4.2 (14)
Newham 6.0 (21), 4.3 (15)
Sutton 5.9 (12), 4.4 (9)
Elmbridge 5.9 (8), 2.2 (3)
Ealing 5.8 (20), 5.3 (18)
Lambeth 5.8 (19), 4.6 (15)
Sefton 5.8 (16), 7.3 (20)
Boston 5.8 (4), 5.8 (4)
Kensington and Chelsea 5.8 (9), 7.0 (11)
Stevenage 5.7 (5), 1.1 (1)
Southwark 5.7 (18), 5.0 (16)
Huntingdonshire 5.6 (10), 5.1 (9)
Surrey Heath 5.6 (5), 3.4 (3)
Wealden 5.6 (9), 4.4 (7)
Cheshire West and Chester 5.6 (19), 6.5 (22)
Amber Valley 5.5 (7), 2.4 (3)
Harborough 5.4 (5), 8.6 (8)
Medway 5.4 (15), 4.7 (13)
Slough 5.4 (8), 3.4 (5)
South Staffordshire 5.4 (6), 3.6 (4)
Knowsley 5.3 (8), 2.0 (3)
Hinckley and Bosworth 5.3 (6), 8.0 (9)
Dudley 5.3 (17), 1.9 (6)
Windsor and Maidenhead 5.3 (8), 2.0 (3)
Maidstone 5.3 (9), 10.6 (18)
Wandsworth 5.2 (17), 6.1 (20)
Herefordshire, County of 5.2 (10), 15.6 (30)
Harrow 5.2 (13), 4.0 (10)
Bristol, City of 5.2 (24), 3.0 (14)
Broxbourne 5.2 (5), 3.1 (3)
Westminster 5.1 (13), 4.3 (11)
Tunbridge Wells 5.1 (6), 9.3 (11)
Bromsgrove 5.1 (5), 5.1 (5)
West Berkshire 5.0 (8), 3.8 (6)
Stroud 5.0 (6), 1.7 (2)
Rutland 5.0 (2), 12.6 (5)
Islington 5.0 (12), 4.6 (11)
Blaby 5.0 (5), 10.0 (10)
Lewisham 4.9 (15), 5.6 (17)
Redbridge 4.9 (15), 5.9 (18)
Warwick 4.9 (7), 3.5 (5)
Canterbury 4.9 (8), 9.1 (15)
Haringey 4.8 (13), 5.2 (14)
Chesterfield 4.8 (5), 1.0 (1)
St Albans 4.7 (7), 5.4 (8)
Southampton 4.7 (12), 4.4 (11)
Colchester 4.7 (9), 5.7 (11)
Tonbridge and Malling 4.6 (6), 5.4 (7)
Cotswold 4.5 (4), 5.6 (5)
Vale of White Horse 4.5 (6), 5.2 (7)
East Suffolk 4.4 (11), 1.6 (4)
Ipswich 4.4 (6), 2.9 (4)
Hastings 4.3 (4), 3.2 (3)
Cheltenham 4.3 (5), 3.4 (4)
Havering 4.3 (11), 7.8 (20)
Rossendale 4.2 (3), 12.7 (9)
Camden 4.2 (11), 1.5 (4)
Richmond upon Thames 4.1 (8), 2.5 (5)
Stockton-on-Tees 4.1 (8), 2.0 (4)
Waverley 4.0 (5), 4.0 (5)
Havant 4.0 (5), 2.4 (3)
North East Derbyshire 4.0 (4), 5.9 (6)
Hillingdon 3.9 (12), 5.9 (18)
North West Leicestershire 3.9 (4), 6.9 (7)
Stoke-on-Trent 3.9 (10), 3.9 (10)
Malvern Hills 3.8 (3), 0.0 (0)
Epping Forest 3.8 (5), 2.3 (3)
Wellingborough 3.8 (3), 7.5 (6)
Fylde 3.8 (3), 5.0 (4)
Richmondshire 3.8 (2), 0.0 (0)
Rugby 3.7 (4), 2.8 (3)
Milton Keynes 3.7 (10), 1.5 (4)
West Oxfordshire 3.6 (4), 5.5 (6)
Croydon 3.6 (14), 2.3 (9)
Breckland 3.6 (5), 1.4 (2)
Broxtowe 3.5 (4), 2.6 (3)
Craven 3.5 (2), 3.5 (2)
Derby 3.5 (9), 2.3 (6)
Mendip 3.5 (4), 1.7 (2)
Lancaster 3.5 (5), 0.7 (1)
Erewash 3.5 (4), 1.7 (2)
Cheshire East 3.4 (13), 3.7 (14)
Runnymede 3.4 (3), 4.5 (4)
West Suffolk 3.4 (6), 3.9 (7)
Cherwell 3.4 (5), 4.7 (7)
Mid Sussex 3.3 (5), 4.0 (6)
Ribble Valley 3.3 (2), 5.0 (3)
Sevenoaks 3.3 (4), 3.3 (4)
Tewkesbury 3.2 (3), 1.1 (1)
Basildon 3.2 (6), 5.4 (10)
County Durham 3.2 (17), 2.1 (11)
South Holland 3.2 (3), 3.2 (3)
Stratford-on-Avon 3.1 (4), 0.0 (0)
Adur 3.1 (2), 1.6 (1)
Maldon 3.1 (2), 4.7 (3)
Kingston upon Hull, City of 3.1 (8), 6.5 (17)
Exeter 3.1 (4), 3.1 (4)
Staffordshire Moorlands 3.0 (3), 0.0 (0)
North Hertfordshire 3.0 (4), 3.0 (4)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 3.0 (17), 1.8 (10)
South Somerset 3.0 (5), 1.2 (2)
Wokingham 3.0 (5), 1.2 (2)
Torbay 2.9 (4), 2.9 (4)
Worcester 2.9 (3), 7.9 (8)
Mid Suffolk 2.9 (3), 1.0 (1)
Lewes 2.9 (3), 5.8 (6)
North Lincolnshire 2.9 (5), 2.9 (5)
Doncaster 2.9 (9), 2.9 (9)
Thurrock 2.9 (5), 7.0 (12)
Hertsmere 2.9 (3), 1.9 (2)
South Derbyshire 2.9 (3), 2.9 (3)
York 2.9 (6), 2.4 (5)
South Oxfordshire 2.8 (4), 2.1 (3)
Middlesbrough 2.8 (4), 5.7 (8)
Basingstoke and Deane 2.8 (5), 0.6 (1)
Norwich 2.8 (4), 3.5 (5)
Central Bedfordshire 2.8 (8), 6.0 (17)
South Kesteven 2.8 (4), 4.2 (6)
Telford and Wrekin 2.8 (5), 7.9 (14)
Wirral 2.8 (9), 3.7 (12)
Southend-on-Sea 2.7 (5), 3.8 (7)
Worthing 2.7 (3), 4.5 (5)
South Ribble 2.7 (3), 1.8 (2)
Wiltshire 2.6 (13), 3.6 (18)
Rushcliffe 2.5 (3), 2.5 (3)
Gedling 2.5 (3), 1.7 (2)
Waltham Forest 2.5 (7), 4.7 (13)
Chichester 2.5 (3), 5.0 (6)
South Gloucestershire 2.5 (7), 2.5 (7)
Test Valley 2.4 (3), 0.8 (1)
Enfield 2.4 (8), 3.3 (11)
Daventry 2.4 (2), 5.9 (5)
Gosport 2.3 (2), 3.5 (3)
North Somerset 2.3 (5), 2.3 (5)
Harlow 2.3 (2), 2.3 (2)
Rochford 2.3 (2), 2.3 (2)
Wycombe 2.3 (4), 1.7 (3)
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2.3 (9), 1.5 (6)
Castle Point 2.2 (2), 6.7 (6)
Babergh 2.2 (2), 3.3 (3)
Rushmoor 2.1 (2), 2.1 (2)
Chiltern 2.1 (2), 3.1 (3)
Bath and North East Somerset 2.1 (4), 3.1 (6)
East Devon 2.1 (3), 2.8 (4)
Reigate and Banstead 2.0 (3), 0.7 (1)
East Hertfordshire 2.0 (3), 2.0 (3)
Lincoln 2.0 (2), 8.1 (8)
Aylesbury Vale 2.0 (4), 2.5 (5)
Warrington 1.9 (4), 5.2 (11)
South Cambridgeshire 1.9 (3), 9.5 (15)
North East Lincolnshire 1.9 (3), 3.8 (6)
Arun 1.9 (3), 1.3 (2)
Darlington 1.9 (2), 1.9 (2)
Bromley 1.8 (6), 1.8 (6)
Wyre 1.8 (2), 5.4 (6)
East Riding of Yorkshire 1.8 (6), 1.2 (4)
Chorley 1.7 (2), 3.4 (4)
Kingston upon Thames 1.7 (3), 2.8 (5)
New Forest 1.7 (3), 1.7 (3)
St. Helens 1.7 (3), 2.2 (4)
Bracknell Forest 1.6 (2), 2.5 (3)
Winchester 1.6 (2), 1.6 (2)
Ashfield 1.6 (2), 1.6 (2)
Northumberland 1.6 (5), 2.5 (8)
Halton 1.6 (2), 3.1 (4)
Plymouth 1.5 (4), 1.9 (5)
Eastleigh 1.5 (2), 5.3 (7)
Barrow-in-Furness 1.5 (1), 1.5 (1)
Torridge 1.5 (1), 0.0 (0)
Merton 1.5 (3), 5.3 (11)
Isle of Wight 1.4 (2), 0.0 (0)
Derbyshire Dales 1.4 (1), 1.4 (1)
Guildford 1.4 (2), 3.4 (5)
South Tyneside 1.3 (2), 2.0 (3)
Brentwood 1.3 (1), 3.9 (3)
Epsom and Ewell 1.3 (1), 2.5 (2)
Selby 1.1 (1), 1.1 (1)
Uttlesford 1.1 (1), 9.0 (8)
Hambleton 1.1 (1), 0.0 (0)
Sunderland 1.1 (3), 2.9 (8)
South Northamptonshire 1.1 (1), 4.3 (4)
Rother 1.0 (1), 1.0 (1)
North Devon 1.0 (1), 2.1 (2)
Spelthorne 1.0 (1), 2.0 (2)
Great Yarmouth 1.0 (1), 1.0 (1)
Wyre Forest 1.0 (1), 2.0 (2)
Woking 1.0 (1), 4.9 (5)
Gateshead 1.0 (2), 2.0 (4)
North Tyneside 1.0 (2), 2.4 (5)
North Norfolk 1.0 (1), 1.9 (2)
Portsmouth 0.9 (2), 1.9 (4)
Mansfield 0.9 (1), 9.2 (10)
North Kesteven 0.9 (1), 1.7 (2)
Fareham 0.9 (1), 2.6 (3)
Gloucester 0.8 (1), 1.5 (2)
Teignbridge 0.8 (1), 1.5 (2)
Redcar and Cleveland 0.7 (1), 2.2 (3)
South Norfolk 0.7 (1), 1.4 (2)
Horsham 0.7 (1), 2.1 (3)
Somerset West and Taunton 0.6 (1), 1.9 (3)
Dorset 0.3 (1), 1.9 (7)
Forest of Dean 0.0 (0), 1.2 (1)
Hart 0.0 (0), 1.0 (1)
Sedgemoor 0.0 (0), 0.8 (1)
South Hams 0.0 (0), 1.2 (1)
Mole Valley 0.0 (0), 2.3 (2)
Welwyn Hatfield 0.0 (0), 1.6 (2)
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 0.0 (0), 1.3 (2)
Redditch 0.0 (0), 2.4 (2)
Mid Devon 0.0 (0), 2.4 (2)
Tamworth 0.0 (0), 3.9 (3)
Broadland 0.0 (0), 2.3 (3)
West Lindsey 0.0 (0), 3.2 (3)
Newcastle upon Tyne 0.0 (0), 3.3 (10)
Ryedale 0.0 (0), 0.0 (0)
Scarborough 0.0 (0), 0.0 (0)
West Devon 0.0 (0), 0.0 (0)
East Cambridgeshire 0.0 (0), 0.0 (0)
