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Live updates after Blackburn named 'area of intervention'

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  • THE lifting of lockdown restrictions in Blackburn with Darwen has been paused after it was labelled an 'area of intervention' following an increase in the Covid-19 infection rate.
  • New data from Public Health England released on Thursday shows the borough's weekly infection rate increased from 79.2 per 100,000 people to 81.9 last week.

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