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All 185 places where Covid is rising amid Indian variant surge - see full list
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Coronavirus infection rates have increased in almost 60 per cent of England's local authority areas amid growing worries about the spread of the Indian variant.
Of the 315 local areas in England, 185 (59 per cent) saw a rise in rates, 119 (38 per cent) saw a fall and 11 were unchanged as of May 10, according to the most recent data available.
Bolton, one of England's hotspots for the Indian variant, has the country's highest Covid infection rate (for all variants), with 228.5 cases per 100,000 people.
The town in Greater Manchester saw its rate more than double in a week (from 88.7). It was followed by three other Indian variant hotspots - Erewash in Derbyshire (163.0), Blackburn with Darwen (111.6) and Bedford (105.0). Have you tested
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COVID-19
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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