New coronavirus figures reveal the 50 places in England with the highest infection rates
Here is the latest data
Ian Jones
Robert Rowlands
New daily coronavirus data from officials has revealed the places in England with the highest infection rates.
Our analysis has revealed that seven of the 50 places with the highest rates are in the south of England - four in Kent, one in London, one in Bristol, one in Berkshire - but the rest are in the north and Midlands.
Lincolnshire and the West Midlands feature prominently on the list, as does Lancashire and West and North Yorkshire.
County Durham, Staffordshire, Leicestershire and Greater Manchester also feature several times.
The data comes from the latest rolling seven-day rate of new cases of Covid-19 for every local authority area in England.
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The figures, for the seven days to November 21, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government's testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).
The rate is shown as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.
Data for the most recent four days (November 22-25) has been excluded as it is not yet complete.
A total of 276 out of 315 areas have seen a fall in case rates.
Swale in Kent still has the highest rate in England, while Thanet in Kent now has the second highest rate.
Hull is in third place, East Lindsey in Lincolnshire is fourth and Hyndburn in Lancashire is now fifth.
The areas with the largest week-on-week jump in rates are Medway (up from 319.5 to 429.4, with 1,196 new cases); Gravesham (up from 310.5 to 391.8, with 419 new cases); and Ipswich (up from 85.5 to 153.4, with 210 new cases).
The list has been put together by the PA news agency, based on Public Health England data published on November 25 on the Government's coronavirus dashboard.
Here is the list in full. From left to right, it reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to November 21; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to November 21; rate of new cases in the seven days to November 14; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to November 14.
1st - Swale, Kent 535.0, (803), 619.7, (930)
2nd - Thanet, Kent 493.2, (700), 517.9, (735)
3rd - Hull, Humberside 490.4, (1274), 754.5, (1960)
4th - East Lindsey, Lincolnshire 442.4, (627), 570.8, (809)
5th - Hyndburn, Lancashire 431.9, (350), 406.0, (329)
6th - Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire 431.4, (1106), 570.3, (1462)
7th - Medway, Kent 429.4, (1196), 319.5, (890)
8th - Boston, Lincolnshire 427.5, (300), 478.8, (336)
9th - Dudley, West Midlands 423.2, (1361), 576.5, (1854)
10th - Sandwell, West Midlands 418.6, (1375), 514.8, (1691)
11th - Oadby and Wigston, Leicestershire 417.4, (238), 526.2, (300)
12th - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire 407.1, (527), 467.4, (605)
13th - Kirklees, West Yorkshire 400.9, (1763), 552.1, (2428)
14th - Leicester, Leicestershire 398.3, (1411), 524.2, (1857)
15th - North East Lincolnshire, 394.2, (629), 530.8, (847)
16th - Gravesham, Kent 391.8, (419), 310.5, (332)
17th - Oldham, Greater Manchester 388.4, (921), 556.3, (1319)
18th - East Staffordshire, 382.5, (458), 458.4, (549)
19th - Hartlepool, County Durham 381.2, (357), 606.4, (568)
20th - Bradford, West Yorkshire 378.7, (2044), 518.4, (2798)
21st - North Lincolnshire, 371.5, (640), 459.1, (791)
22nd - Burnley, Lancashire 362.1, (322), 419.5, (373)
23rd - Rochdale, Greater Manchester 360.6, (802), 519.3, (1155)
24th - Wolverhampton, West Midlands 352.0, (927), 372.1, (980)
25th - Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire 349.3, (479), 488.5, (670)
26th - Tamworth, Staffordshire 348.1, (267), 432.9, (332)
27th - South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear 347.7, (525), 415.3, (627)
28th - Havering, East London 342.9, (890), 373.7, (970)
29th - Birmingham, West Midlands 342.5, (3911), 385.4, (4400)
30th - Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire 342.0, (512), 553.1, (828)
31st - Wakefield, West Yorkshire 341.6, (1190), 480.3, (1673)
32nd - Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham 341.0, (673), 463.6, (915)
33rd - Blaby, Leicestershire 340.8, (346), 461.0, (468)
34th - Walsall, West Midlands 332.8, (950), 419.6, (1198)
35th - Calderdale, West Yorkshire 332.0, (702), 493.2, (1043)
36th - Stafford, Staffordshire 331.4, (455), 414.5, (569)
37th - Lincoln, Lincolnshire 331.3, (329), 459.2, (456)
38th - Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 327.0, (461), 469.6, (662)
39th - Bristol, 324.8, (1505), 486.6, (2255)
40th - South Staffordshire, 322.0, (362), 468.7, (527)
41st - Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside 319.7, (968), 449.1, (1360)
42nd - Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire 317.2, (412), 377.3, (490)
43rd - Lichfield, Staffordshire 315.0, (330), 414.3, (434)
44th - Bury, Greater Manchester 314.2, (600), 466.5, (891)
45th - Slough, Berkshire 313.6, (469), 356.4, (533)
46th - Rossendale, Lancashire 313.4, (224), 405.7, (290)
47th - Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire 309.0, (363), 417.2, (490)
48th - Darlington, County Durham 307.1, (328), 334.3, (357)
49th - Bolton, Greater Manchester 306.4, (881), 442.4, (1272)
50th Pendle, Lancashire 305.1, (281), 450.5, (415)
Here are the remaining figures for the authorities ranked 51st to 315th
South Hams in Devon has the lowest infection rate of anywhere, while rural parts of the south of England dominate the lower end of the chart.
Wigan, 304.6, (1001), 435.1, (1430)
Bolsover, 301.6, (243), 427.0, (344)
Redbridge, 301.1, (919), 278.2, (849)
North Warwickshire, 297.3, (194), 415.2, (271)
Scarborough, 295.2, (321), 508.5, (553)
Gateshead, 290.0, (586), 411.3, (831)
East Riding of Yorkshire, 287.5, (981), 456.4, (1557)
North Tyneside, 286.7, (596), 428.1, (890)
Sunderland, 286.3, (795), 413.4, (1148)
North West Leicestershire, 285.7, (296), 419.8, (435)
Luton, 284.9, (607), 291.9, (622)
Harborough, 284.6, (267), 332.6, (312)
Mansfield, 280.8, (307), 334.8, (366)
County Durham, 280.5, (1487), 396.5, (2102)
South Derbyshire, 279.7, (300), 395.3, (424)
Dover, 276.8, (327), 215.9, (255)
Basildon, 275.6, (516), 229.2, (429)
Staffordshire Moorlands, 274.3, (270), 424.6, (418)
Amber Valley, 273.9, (351), 433.1, (555)
Leeds, 273.2, (2167), 439.9, (3489)
Maidstone, 273.0, (469), 235.7, (405)
Barnsley, 272.6, (673), 403.1, (995)
Melton, 269.5, (138), 398.4, (204)
Derby, 268.6, (691), 417.4, (1074)
Dartford, 268.2, (302), 313.5, (353)
Preston, 267.6, (383), 408.7, (585)
Barking and Dagenham, 264.0, (562), 246.6, (525)
Carlisle, 262.2, (285), 220.8, (240)
Salford, 260.0, (673), 451.3, (1168)
Ashfield, 257.2, (329), 302.5, (387)
Solihull, 256.0, (554), 326.7, (707)
Telford and Wrekin, 255.2, (459), 354.2, (637)
Cannock Chase, 255.1, (257), 356.3, (359)
Redditch, 254.5, (217), 361.2, (308)
Manchester, 249.6, (1380), 375.7, (2077)
Tameside, 249.5, (565), 397.4, (900)
Rotherham, 246.8, (655), 376.8, (1000)
Doncaster, 244.0, (761), 356.9, (1113)
Selby, 242.8, (220), 282.5, (256)
Hinckley and Bosworth, 241.3, (273), 326.2, (369)
Wyre Forest, 240.9, (244), 276.4, (280)
Northumberland, 240.7, (776), 292.2, (942)
Charnwood, 237.8, (442), 387.4, (720)
North East Derbyshire, 236.5, (240), 266.1, (270)
Canterbury, 235.8, (390), 257.6, (426)
Bexley, 235.2, (584), 283.5, (704)
South Gloucestershire, 231.9, (661), 345.5, (985)
Sheffield, 231.3, (1353), 297.0, (1737)
Tower Hamlets, 229.7, (746), 269.1, (874)
South Lakeland, 227.4, (239), 224.6, (236)
Fylde, 225.3, (182), 305.8, (247)
Newham, 224.8, (794), 201.6, (712)
Erewash, 222.8, (257), 335.4, (387)
Brentwood, 222.0, (171), 254.5, (196)
North Kesteven, 221.5, (259), 309.6, (362)
Thurrock, 221.4, (386), 220.3, (384)
Epping Forest, 221.0, (291), 221.0, (291)
Northampton, 218.2, (490), 284.5, (639)
West Lindsey, 216.4, (207), 280.1, (268)
Rugby, 215.7, (235), 285.5, (311)
Enfield, 215.7, (720), 211.5, (706)
South Northamptonshire, 214.8, (203), 243.4, (230)
Gloucester, 214.5, (277), 187.4, (242)
Waltham Forest, 213.7, (592), 233.2, (646)
South Ribble, 211.2, (234), 256.3, (284)
Chorley, 210.6, (249), 280.8, (332)
Blackpool, 210.1, (293), 304.1, (424)
North Somerset, 208.8, (449), 304.1, (654)
Stockport, 208.6, (612), 331.9, (974)
Tonbridge and Malling, 208.1, (275), 202.8, (268)
Peterborough, 207.7, (420), 214.1, (433)
Broxbourne, 207.7, (202), 234.4, (228)
Runnymede, 206.9, (185), 238.2, (213)
Havant, 205.2, (259), 223.4, (282)
Ealing, 204.8, (700), 270.6, (925)
Bromsgrove, 203.2, (203), 301.4, (301)
Nottingham, 203.1, (676), 262.2, (873)
Brent, 201.4, (664), 216.2, (713)
Halton, 200.9, (260), 252.7, (327)
Hounslow, 200.7, (545), 195.2, (530)
Harlow, 199.8, (174), 149.3, (130)
Gedling, 199.3, (235), 255.3, (301)
Ribble Valley, 198.7, (121), 315.3, (192)
Coventry, 198.4, (737), 285.9, (1062)
Portsmouth, 196.8, (423), 309.0, (664)
Castle Point, 195.8, (177), 181.5, (164)
Warrington, 195.7, (411), 287.1, (603)
Spelthorne, 195.3, (195), 253.4, (253)
Newark and Sherwood, 195.2, (239), 248.3, (304)
Hillingdon, 194.9, (598), 236.9, (727)
Craven, 190.8, (109), 292.3, (167)
Greenwich, 190.0, (547), 178.5, (514)
South Kesteven, 188.9, (269), 224.7, (320)
Warwick, 188.5, (271), 249.0, (358)
Cheshire West and Chester, 184.5, (633), 307.2, (1054)
St. Helens, 184.4, (333), 290.2, (524)
Rushcliffe, 183.7, (219), 216.5, (258)
Folkestone and Hythe, 183.2, (207), 160.2, (181)
High Peak, 182.4, (169), 288.1, (267)
West Lancashire, 180.2, (206), 282.6, (323)
Chesterfield, 178.3, (187), 324.1, (340)
Merton, 178.2, (368), 170.4, (352)
Harrow, 176.0, (442), 200.7, (504)
Milton Keynes, 172.9, (466), 187.4, (505)
Trafford, 170.6, (405), 339.6, (806)
Watford, 169.8, (164), 181.2, (175)
Epsom and Ewell, 167.4, (135), 236.9, (191)
Richmondshire, 165.6, (89), 268.0, (144)
Cheshire East, 165.6, (636), 233.0, (895)
Worcester, 165.0, (167), 235.1, (238)
Corby, 163.4, (118), 209.1, (151)
Derbyshire Dales, 163.2, (118), 233.7, (169)
Broxtowe, 163.1, (186), 230.6, (263)
Wealden, 161.0, (260), 125.1, (202)
Croydon, 160.8, (622), 159.3, (616)
South Bucks, 159.9, (112), 217.0, (152)
Sevenoaks, 159.8, (193), 196.3, (237)
Hambleton, 159.4, (146), 190.0, (174)
Hammersmith and Fulham, 159.3, (295), 214.4, (397)
Harrogate, 159.2, (256), 261.8, (421)
Barnet, 158.1, (626), 194.8, (771)
Wellingborough, 158.1, (126), 163.1, (130)
Liverpool, 158.0, (787), 278.5, (1387)
Knowsley, 157.8, (238), 285.0, (430)
Bath and North East Somerset, 156.8, (303), 245.2, (474)
Kettering, 156.2, (159), 209.3, (213)
Rother, 156.1, (150), 132.2, (127)
Shropshire, 156.0, (504), 242.9, (785)
Kingston upon Thames, 154.4, (274), 188.7, (335)
Sefton, 153.4, (424), 281.1, (777)
Ipswich, 153.4, (210), 85.5, (117)
South Holland, 152.6, (145), 220.0, (209)
Wyre, 152.6, (171), 239.1, (268)
Hackney and City of London, 152.3, (443), 175.0, (509)
Sutton, 148.8, (307), 182.7, (377)
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole, 148.7, (588), 239.8, (948)
Mid Sussex, 148.3, (224), 146.3, (221)
Surrey Heath, 147.8, (132), 166.8, (149)
Woking, 146.8, (148), 160.7, (162)
Reading, 144.0, (233), 161.3, (261)
South Norfolk, 143.4, (202), 225.0, (317)
Tewkesbury, 143.1, (136), 152.6, (145)
Swindon, 142.7, (317), 219.2, (487)
Bromley, 142.6, (474), 160.1, (532)
Gosport, 142.6, (121), 226.3, (192)
Three Rivers, 142.5, (133), 201.5, (188)
East Hertfordshire, 142.2, (213), 190.3, (285)
Stroud, 140.0, (168), 163.4, (196)
Rochford, 139.6, (122), 161.4, (141)
Lambeth, 139.2, (454), 161.9, (528)
Hertsmere, 138.2, (145), 163.0, (171)
Wycombe, 137.4, (240), 194.1, (339)
Windsor and Maidenhead, 137.4, (208), 196.1, (297)
Norwich, 136.6, (192), 145.8, (205)
Sedgemoor, 135.6, (167), 175.4, (216)
Haringey, 135.5, (364), 152.6, (410)
Oxford, 134.5, (205), 248.6, (379)
Bedford, 134.5, (233), 167.3, (290)
Eastbourne, 134.0, (139), 120.5, (125)
Forest of Dean, 133.7, (116), 122.1, (106)
Ryedale, 133.6, (74), 220.3, (122)
Welwyn Hatfield, 132.5, (163), 148.7, (183)
York, 132.5, (279), 171.4, (361)
Exeter, 131.7, (173), 170.5, (224)
Babergh, 131.5, (121), 151.0, (139)
Plymouth, 130.1, (341), 227.4, (596)
Aylesbury Vale, 129.9, (259), 136.9, (273)
King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 129.5, (196), 130.8, (198)
Kensington and Chelsea, 128.7, (201), 151.8, (237)
Southampton, 128.7, (325), 227.7, (575)
Tandridge, 128.2, (113), 156.6, (138)
East Northamptonshire, 128.0, (121), 214.8, (203)
Islington, 127.4, (309), 173.6, (421)
Cheltenham, 127.3, (148), 181.4, (211)
Ashford, 126.9, (165), 130.7, (170)
Winchester, 126.5, (158), 209.8, (262)
Fareham, 126.5, (147), 173.8, (202)
East Devon, 126.5, (185), 159.3, (233)
Wirral, 125.9, (408), 177.5, (575)
Torbay, 125.5, (171), 207.0, (282)
Southend-on-Sea, 125.1, (229), 181.3, (332)
Wychavon, 124.4, (161), 159.2, (206)
Cambridge, 124.2, (155), 272.4, (340)
Dacorum, 123.4, (191), 127.3, (197)
Herefordshire, 121.9, (235), 191.9, (370)
East Hampshire, 121.0, (148), 158.6, (194)
Wiltshire, 120.4, (602), 120.2, (601)
Guildford, 120.1, (179), 139.6, (208)
Fenland, 119.8, (122), 143.3, (146)
Tunbridge Wells, 117.9, (140), 117.1, (139)
Stevenage, 117.3, (103), 173.0, (152)
South Somerset, 117.0, (197), 154.4, (260)
Daventry, 116.3, (100), 244.3, (210)
Westminster, 116.3, (304), 161.5, (422)
Basingstoke and Deane, 116.1, (205), 148.9, (263)
Mendip, 115.9, (134), 107.3, (124)
Elmbridge, 115.5, (158), 150.6, (206)
Chelmsford, 115.5, (206), 151.4, (270)
Braintree, 115.3, (176), 108.8, (166)
Barrow-in-Furness, 114.8, (77), 192.4, (129)
North Devon, 114.3, (111), 160.6, (156)
St Albans, 113.2, (168), 161.0, (239)
Wandsworth, 112.5, (371), 190.8, (629)
Reigate and Banstead, 110.3, (164), 155.3, (231)
Southwark, 110.1, (351), 125.1, (399)
Wokingham, 109.3, (187), 146.7, (251)
Richmond upon Thames, 108.1, (214), 136.4, (270)
Hastings, 107.9, (100), 93.9, (87)
Lewisham, 107.6, (329), 131.8, (403)
Stratford-on-Avon, 105.3, (137), 157.6, (205)
Rutland, 105.2, (42), 137.8, (55)
Great Yarmouth, 104.7, (104), 182.2, (181)
Uttlesford, 103.0, (94), 135.8, (124)
Chichester, 102.4, (124), 144.5, (175)
North Hertfordshire, 99.6, (133), 156.5, (209)
Rushmoor, 99.4, (94), 139.5, (132)
Allerdale, 99.2, (97), 186.2, (182)
Copeland, 98.3, (67), 206.8, (141)
Horsham, 98.1, (141), 117.5, (169)
Lancaster, 97.2, (142), 143.8, (210)
Mid Devon, 97.2, (80), 79.0, (65)
Cherwell, 96.3, (145), 162.1, (244)
Mole Valley, 95.1, (83), 151.3, (132)
Arun, 94.6, (152), 114.5, (184)
Lewes, 93.9, (97), 86.2, (89)
Eden, 93.9, (50), 225.3, (120)
Waverley, 93.4, (118), 122.7, (155)
South Oxfordshire, 90.8, (129), 123.9, (176)
Malvern Hills, 90.2, (71), 120.7, (95)
North Norfolk, 89.7, (94), 64.9, (68)
West Berkshire, 89.0, (141), 128.1, (203)
Camden, 88.9, (240), 138.9, (375)
Eastleigh, 88.3, (118), 125.8, (168)
Broadland, 87.2, (114), 147.6, (193)
Crawley, 86.3, (97), 158.4, (178)
Test Valley, 84.8, (107), 113.3, (143)
Central Bedfordshire, 84.5, (244), 134.1, (387)
West Devon, 84.2, (47), 91.4, (51)
Somerset West and Taunton, 81.9, (127), 103.1, (160)
Brighton and Hove, 80.8, (235), 172.9, (503)
East Cambridgeshire, 80.1, (72), 66.8, (60)
West Oxfordshire, 78.6, (87), 121.1, (134)
Breckland, 77.2, (108), 130.7, (183)
New Forest, 76.6, (138), 156.6, (282)
Hart, 76.2, (74), 99.9, (97)
Adur, 76.2, (49), 94.9, (61)
Chiltern, 76.1, (73), 126.1, (121)
Vale of White Horse, 73.5, (100), 141.9, (193)
Torridge, 71.8, (49), 96.7, (66)
East Suffolk, 71.0, (177), 85.4, (213)
Dorset, 69.0, (261), 111.5, (422)
South Cambridgeshire, 68.5, (109), 113.1, (180)
Worthing, 67.8, (75), 79.6, (88)
Bracknell Forest, 67.7, (83), 142.8, (175)
Colchester, 66.8, (130), 93.5, (182)
Maldon, 66.2, (43), 100.1, (65)
Huntingdonshire, 64.6, (115), 118.6, (211)
Cotswold, 64.5, (58), 161.4, (145)
West Suffolk, 63.7, (114), 64.8, (116)
Tendring, 63.5, (93), 62.8, (92)
Teignbridge, 60.4, (81), 78.3, (105)
Isle of Wight, 59.3, (84), 79.0, (112)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, 58.9, (337), 90.4, (517)
Mid Suffolk, 57.8, (60), 60.6, (63)
South Hams, 56.3, (49), 109.2, (95)