Rossendale and Pendle at top of England's coronavirus infection list

The figures, for the seven days to August 30, 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, which is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people, shows that Pendle continues to have the highest number of rolling infections in the country, after 69 new cases were recorded in the seven days up to August 30.

This has launched the borough’s infection rate to 74.9 cases per 100,000 people – up from 58.6 in the seven days up to August 23.

The second highest rate is in Bolton, where figures have jumped from 18.8 to 69.6, with 200 new cases.

Rossendale is in third place, where the rate has increased from 12.6 to 65.8 with 47 new cases.

The is based on Public Health England data published on September 2 on the Government’s coronavirus online 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 August 30; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to August 30; rate of new cases in the seven days to August 23; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to August 23.

Pendle 74.9 (69), 58.6 (54)

Bolton 69.6 (200), 18.8 (54)

Rossendale 65.8 (47), 12.6 (9)

Oldham 63.3 (150), 58.2 (138)

Corby 54.0 (39), 20.8 (15)

Bradford 52.6 (284), 42.2 (228)

Blackburn with Darwen 49.4 (74), 54.8 (82)

South Tyneside 46.4 (70), 12.6 (19)

Rochdale 44.1 (98), 42.7 (95)

Manchester 42.7 (236), 43.6 (241)

Tameside 39.3 (89), 32.2 (73)

Trafford 38.8 (92), 20.6 (49)

Salford 37.9 (98), 27.4 (71)

Great Yarmouth 35.2 (35), 5.0 (5)

Burnley 34.9 (31), 25.9 (23)

Preston 33.5 (48), 26.5 (38)

Leeds 32.5 (258), 21.1 (167)

Kettering 32.4 (33), 26.5 (27)

Breckland 31.4 (44), 6.4 (9)

Birmingham 30.2 (345), 24.9 (284)

Hertsmere 29.5 (31), 8.6 (9)

Kirklees 28.7 (126), 27.1 (119)

Middlesbrough 28.4 (40), 18.4 (26)

Bury 27.8 (53), 37.2 (71)

Sandwell 27.7 (91), 21.6 (71)

Tamworth 27.4 (21), 0.0 (0)

Wirral 26.5 (86), 9.6 (31)

Leicester 25.7 (91), 46.0 (163)

Kensington and Chelsea 24.3 (38), 15.4 (24)

Watford 22.8 (22), 10.4 (10)

Welwyn Hatfield 22.8 (28), 10.6 (13)

Redcar and Cleveland 22.6 (31), 7.3 (10)

Calderdale 21.3 (45), 29.3 (62)

Wycombe 21.2 (37), 5.2 (9)

Hyndburn 21.0 (17), 23.4 (19)

Newcastle-under-Lyme 20.9 (27), 20.1 (26)

Peterborough 20.8 (42), 18.8 (38)

Swindon 20.3 (45), 39.2 (87)

East Staffordshire 20.0 (24), 8.4 (10)

Hammersmith and Fulham 20.0 (37), 18.9 (35)

Ribble Valley 19.7 (12), 13.1 (8)

Northampton 19.6 (44), 39.6 (89)

Dacorum 19.4 (30), 23.3 (36)

Harrow 19.1 (48), 14.7 (37)

Epping Forest 19.0 (25), 9.1 (12)

Wandsworth 18.8 (62), 20.0 (66)

Harborough 18.1 (17), 8.5 (8)

Redditch 17.6 (15), 28.1 (24)

Coventry 17.5 (65), 11.8 (44)

Sheffield 17.4 (102), 12.3 (72)

Gateshead 17.3 (35), 7.4 (15)

Hackney and City of London 16.8 (49), 26.1 (76)

Newcastle upon Tyne 16.8 (51), 15.2 (46)

Cambridge 16.8 (21), 6.4 (8)

Winchester 16.8 (21), 6.4 (8)

Waverley 16.6 (21), 13.5 (17)

Norwich 16.4 (23), 3.6 (5)

Lambeth 16.3 (53), 12.9 (42)

Liverpool 16.1 (80), 17.9 (89)

Sefton 15.9 (44), 10.9 (30)

Barnet 15.7 (62), 13.1 (52)

Brentwood 15.6 (12), 11.7 (9)

Waltham Forest 15.5 (43), 10.1 (28)

Richmond upon Thames 15.2 (30), 9.1 (18)

Rutland 15.0 (6), 7.5 (3)

Spelthorne 15.0 (15), 8.0 (8)

Bedford 15.0 (26), 12.1 (21)

Gravesham 15.0 (16), 7.5 (8)

Broxtowe 14.9 (17), 11.4 (13)

Mole Valley 14.9 (13), 9.2 (8)

Tower Hamlets 14.8 (48), 11.4 (37)

Blaby 14.8 (15), 22.7 (23)

Havering 14.6 (38), 11.9 (31)

Elmbridge 14.6 (20), 19.0 (26)

Chiltern 14.6 (14), 8.3 (8)

Stoke-on-Trent 14.4 (37), 23.4 (60)

Castle Point 14.4 (13), 2.2 (2)

Rushcliffe 14.3 (17), 6.7 (8)

Kingston upon Thames 14.1 (25), 8.5 (15)

Hastings 14.0 (13), 8.6 (8)

Vale of White Horse 14.0 (19), 9.6 (13)

Hartlepool 13.9 (13), 8.5 (8)

Windsor and Maidenhead 13.9 (21), 25.8 (39)

Warrington 13.8 (29), 2.4 (5)

Westminster 13.8 (36), 13.8 (36)

Brent 13.6 (45), 9.4 (31)

Epsom and Ewell 13.6 (11), 2.5 (2)

Lichfield 13.4 (14), 2.9 (3)

East Hertfordshire 13.4 (20), 8.0 (12)

Wolverhampton 13.3 (35), 16.3 (43)

Stockton-on-Tees 13.2 (26), 2.5 (5)

Hambleton 13.1 (12), 2.2 (2)

Reading 13.0 (21), 11.1 (18)

High Peak 12.9 (12), 9.7 (9)

Cheltenham 12.9 (15), 6.9 (8)

Hounslow 12.9 (35), 12.9 (35)

South Bucks 12.8 (9), 20.0 (14)

Wigan 12.8 (42), 12.5 (41)

Newham 12.7 (45), 8.2 (29)

Barking and Dagenham 12.7 (27), 13.6 (29)

Camden 12.6 (34), 12.2 (33)

Plymouth 12.6 (33), 7.2 (19)

Ealing 12.3 (42), 21.1 (72)

Oadby and Wigston 12.3 (7), 33.3 (19)

East Hampshire 12.3 (15), 7.4 (9)

Redbridge 12.1 (37), 7.5 (23)

Mid Sussex 11.9 (18), 11.3 (17)

County Durham 11.9 (63), 9.6 (51)

Greenwich 11.8 (34), 5.2 (15)

Wakefield 11.8 (41), 19.5 (68)

Bexley 11.7 (29), 9.3 (23)

East Northamptonshire 11.6 (11), 8.5 (8)

South Hams 11.5 (10), 3.4 (3)

Southend-on-Sea 11.5 (21), 5.5 (10)

St Albans 11.5 (17), 5.4 (8)

Enfield 11.4 (38), 14.4 (48)

Broxbourne 11.3 (11), 9.3 (9)

Southwark 11.3 (36), 16.6 (53)

Knowsley 11.3 (17), 5.3 (8)

Bolsover 11.2 (9), 3.7 (3)

Test Valley 11.1 (14), 4.0 (5)

Derbyshire Dales 11.1 (8), 5.5 (4)

Rotherham 10.9 (29), 6.0 (16)

Dudley 10.9 (35), 7.5 (24)

Haringey 10.8 (29), 16.0 (43)

Hillingdon 10.8 (33), 14.3 (44)

Islington 10.7 (26), 10.3 (25)

Three Rivers 10.7 (10), 13.9 (13)

Slough 10.7 (16), 12.7 (19)

Cheshire East 10.7 (41), 8.3 (32)

South Norfolk 10.6 (15), 2.8 (4)

Hinckley and Bosworth 10.6 (12), 5.3 (6)

Croydon 10.6 (41), 8.5 (33)

North Tyneside 10.6 (22), 5.3 (11)

Harrogate 10.6 (17), 7.5 (12)

Darlington 10.3 (11), 1.9 (2)

Stevenage 10.2 (9), 1.1 (1)

North Somerset 10.2 (22), 1.9 (4)

Stockport 10.2 (30), 13.3 (39)

Reigate and Banstead 10.1 (15), 6.7 (10)

Bristol 9.9 (46), 11.9 (55)

Wyre Forest 9.9 (10), 4.9 (5)

Luton 9.9 (21), 13.6 (29)

Solihull 9.7 (21), 8.3 (18)

Brighton and Hove 9.6 (28), 7.9 (23)

Nottingham 9.6 (32), 12.0 (40)

Walsall 9.5 (27), 13.0 (37)

Gedling 9.3 (11), 10.2 (12)

Carlisle 9.2 (10), 15.6 (17)

Oxford 9.2 (14), 30.2 (46)

Tandridge 9.1 (8), 5.7 (5)

Lincoln 9.1 (9), 9.1 (9)

West Oxfordshire 9.0 (10), 3.6 (4)

Northumberland 9.0 (29), 11.8 (38)

Chelmsford 9.0 (16), 9.0 (16)

Wellingborough 8.8 (7), 20.1 (16)

South Gloucestershire 8.8 (25), 10.9 (31)

Uttlesford 8.8 (8), 6.6 (6)

Guildford 8.7 (13), 12.8 (19)

Mid Suffolk 8.7 (9), 1.9 (2)

Sunderland 8.6 (24), 7.6 (21)

Gloucester 8.5 (11), 4.6 (6)

South Northamptonshire 8.5 (8), 5.3 (5)

Thanet 8.5 (12), 0.7 (1)

Tewkesbury 8.4 (8), 3.2 (3)

Sevenoaks 8.3 (10), 9.1 (11)

Allerdale 8.2 (8), 7.2 (7)

Wokingham 8.2 (14), 6.4 (11)

Bromley 8.1 (27), 11.4 (38)

South Ribble 8.1 (9), 6.3 (7)

Barnsley 8.1 (20), 8.5 (21)

York 8.1 (17), 4.3 (9)

Basildon 8.0 (15), 4.3 (8)

Bromsgrove 8.0 (8), 8.0 (8)

Dartford 8.0 (9), 5.3 (6)

Southampton 7.9 (20), 5.5 (14)

Blackpool 7.9 (11), 7.2 (10)

Cheshire West and Chester 7.9 (27), 9.0 (31)

Bath and North East Somerset 7.8 (15), 15.5 (30)

Halton 7.7 (10), 3.9 (5)

Chorley 7.6 (9), 9.3 (11)

Babergh 7.6 (7), 1.1 (1)

Tunbridge Wells 7.6 (9), 5.1 (6)

Lewisham 7.5 (23), 11.8 (36)

South Derbyshire 7.5 (8), 0.9 (1)

Shropshire 7.4 (24), 7.4 (24)

Rugby 7.3 (8), 5.5 (6)

Mid Devon 7.3 (6), 13.4 (11)

Central Bedfordshire 7.3 (21), 7.6 (22)

Worthing 7.2 (8), 3.6 (4)

Crawley 7.1 (8), 8.0 (9)

West Lancashire 7.0 (8), 5.2 (6)

Daventry 7.0 (6), 7.0 (6)

Portsmouth 7.0 (15), 5.1 (11)

North Lincolnshire 7.0 (12), 6.4 (11)

West Berkshire 6.9 (11), 6.9 (11)

Worcester 6.9 (7), 4.0 (4)

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 6.8 (27), 4.0 (16)

Eastbourne 6.7 (7), 5.8 (6)

Surrey Heath 6.7 (6), 4.5 (4)

Runnymede 6.7 (6), 7.8 (7)

St. Helens 6.6 (12), 10.5 (19)

Selby 6.6 (6), 3.3 (3)

Newark and Sherwood 6.5 (8), 20.4 (25)

Bracknell Forest 6.5 (8), 5.7 (7)

Mansfield 6.4 (7), 5.5 (6)

Merton 6.3 (13), 9.7 (20)

South Cambridgeshire 6.3 (10), 3.1 (5)

Warwick 6.3 (9), 4.9 (7)

Derby 6.2 (16), 8.9 (23)

Wealden 6.2 (10), 1.9 (3)

Hart 6.2 (6), 4.1 (4)

East Devon 6.2 (9), 5.5 (8)

Stratford-on-Avon 6.1 (8), 6.1 (8)

New Forest 6.1 (11), 8.9 (16)

Exeter 6.1 (8), 7.6 (10)

Erewash 6.1 (7), 7.8 (9)

Mendip 6.1 (7), 7.8 (9)

Bassetlaw 6.0 (7), 10.2 (12)

Woking 6.0 (6), 9.9 (10)

Milton Keynes 5.9 (16), 10.4 (28)

Copeland 5.9 (4), 5.9 (4)

Stafford 5.8 (8), 5.1 (7)

Boston 5.7 (4), 1.4 (1)

Eden 5.6 (3), 3.8 (2)

South Kesteven 5.6 (8), 2.8 (4)

West Suffolk 5.6 (10), 6.1 (11)

Wychavon 5.4 (7), 8.5 (11)

Folkestone and Hythe 5.3 (6), 15.0 (17)

Thurrock 5.2 (9), 4.6 (8)

Colchester 5.1 (10), 2.6 (5)

Basingstoke and Deane 5.1 (9), 4.5 (8)

Staffordshire Moorlands 5.1 (5), 8.1 (8)

Huntingdonshire 5.1 (9), 5.6 (10)

Aylesbury Vale 5.0 (10), 7.0 (14)

Fylde 5.0 (4), 6.2 (5)

South Oxfordshire 4.9 (7), 11.3 (16)

Sedgemoor 4.9 (6), 4.1 (5)

Sutton 4.8 (10), 12.6 (26)

Charnwood 4.8 (9), 7.0 (13)

Lewes 4.8 (5), 1.0 (1)

North West Leicestershire 4.8 (5), 4.8 (5)

South Somerset 4.8 (8), 2.4 (4)

Adur 4.7 (3), 9.3 (6)

Swale 4.7 (7), 2.7 (4)

Cherwell 4.7 (7), 9.3 (14)

Nuneaton and Bedworth 4.6 (6), 7.7 (10)

Harlow 4.6 (4), 6.9 (6)

North Hertfordshire 4.5 (6), 9.7 (13)

Wyre 4.5 (5), 6.2 (7)

Cotswold 4.5 (4), 5.6 (5)

Fareham 4.3 (5), 3.4 (4)

North Kesteven 4.3 (5), 1.7 (2)

Rushmoor 4.2 (4), 10.6 (10)

Horsham 4.2 (6), 7.0 (10)

Stroud 4.2 (5), 6.7 (8)

North Devon 4.1 (4), 4.1 (4)

East Riding of Yorkshire 4.1 (14), 6.2 (21)

Richmondshire 3.7 (2), 13.0 (7)

Scarborough 3.7 (4), 2.8 (3)

Ryedale 3.6 (2), 3.6 (2)

East Suffolk 3.6 (9), 2.0 (5)

Wiltshire 3.6 (18), 4.0 (20)

Medway 3.6 (10), 4.7 (13)

Hull 3.5 (9), 3.5 (9)

Forest of Dean 3.5 (3), 0.0 (0)

Rochford 3.4 (3), 9.2 (8)

Dover 3.4 (4), 5.9 (7)

East Cambridgeshire 3.3 (3), 6.7 (6)

Telford and Wrekin 3.3 (6), 10.6 (19)

Doncaster 3.2 (10), 3.8 (12)

West Lindsey 3.1 (3), 1.0 (1)

North East Lincolnshire 3.1 (5), 3.8 (6)

Arun 3.1 (5), 3.1 (5)

Maldon 3.1 (2), 4.6 (3)

North Warwickshire 3.1 (2), 3.1 (2)

Broadland 3.1 (4), 2.3 (3)

Canterbury 3.0 (5), 3.0 (5)

Eastleigh 3.0 (4), 3.0 (4)

Teignbridge 3.0 (4), 4.5 (6)

North East Derbyshire 3.0 (3), 2.0 (2)

Torbay 2.9 (4), 9.5 (13)

Lancaster 2.7 (4), 8.2 (12)

South Staffordshire 2.7 (3), 5.3 (6)

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 2.6 (4), 3.3 (5)

Herefordshire 2.6 (5), 5.2 (10)

Malvern Hills 2.5 (2), 3.8 (3)

Dorset 2.4 (9), 4.0 (15)

Havant 2.4 (3), 4.8 (6)

Ashfield 2.3 (3), 1.6 (2)

Ipswich 2.2 (3), 2.9 (4)

East Lindsey 2.1 (3), 5.6 (8)

Isle of Wight 2.1 (3), 1.4 (2)

Tendring 2.0 (3), 5.5 (8)

Cannock Chase 2.0 (2), 7.9 (8)

Braintree 2.0 (3), 3.9 (6)

Fenland 2.0 (2), 3.9 (4)

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 1.9 (11), 2.8 (16)

South Lakeland 1.9 (2), 3.8 (4)

Craven 1.8 (1), 12.3 (7)

Chichester 1.7 (2), 7.4 (9)

Ashford 1.5 (2), 1.5 (2)

Tonbridge and Malling 1.5 (2), 6.1 (8)

Maidstone 1.2 (2), 7.0 (12)

South Holland 1.1 (1), 1.1 (1)

Rother 1.0 (1), 5.2 (5)

North Norfolk 1.0 (1), 1.0 (1)

Chesterfield 1.0 (1), 2.9 (3)

Amber Valley 0.8 (1), 4.7 (6)

Somerset West and Taunton 0.6 (1), 3.9 (6)

Melton 0.0 (0), 11.7 (6)

Gosport 0.0 (0), 8.3 (7)

Barrow-in-Furness 0.0 (0), 3.0 (2)

Torridge 0.0 (0), 1.5 (1)

West Devon 0.0 (0), 0.0 (0)