Covid-19 per 100,000 people – with Burnley shown 256.4 people per 100,000 infected, up from 145.1 infected per 100,000 the week before.
The latest figures measures infection rates for seven days up to Wednesday September 23 and were released on Saturday. Meanwhile The Mirror reports rates have more than doubled in local authorities such as Newcastle, Pendle, Sunderland, Sefton, Northumberland, Coventry, Luton Slough, Tower Hamlets, Harrogate and Epping Forest.
Infection rates have been increasing across England and the rest of the UK – prompting the Government to take action to reduce public freedoms in an effort to slow the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus.A Rule of Six was introduced earlier this month banning social gatherings in.