Coronavirus: Four East Lancashire boroughs in top ten highest rates

According to Public Health England's most recent findings, Blackburn with Darwen has seen the second highest weekly rise in cases, going from 114.2 cases per 100,000 last week to 280.6 as well as the second highest weekly rate in England overall.

This comes as Lancashire County Council public health director Dr Sakthi Karunanithi warning that it is particularly worrying that cases are largely being found in younger people who are not yet vaccinated.

He said: "This is why it is so important that anyone who has not yet received their first Covid jab should check their eligibility and book without delay.

"This is why decisive action is being taken to tackle the spread of this particular variant.

"We believe there are people out there who are eligible to receive the vaccine, but do not realise it, such as people who look after their family members or those who work with someone with an underlying health condition.

"Booking your appointment is really easy and I encourage everybody who is over 18 and eligible for the vaccine to book it without delay.

"If you have already had your first dose, wait until you are called up for your second jab and book your appointment then.

"Vaccinations are the most effective way we can combat the virus and resume normal life,”

Elsewhere in East Lancashire, Rossendale recorded the fourth highest rise, going from a rate of 21.0 to 76.9 over the same week, leaving the borough with the fifth highest rate overall.

Burnley and Hyndburn were also found to have the sixth and seventh highest rates in England, with Pendle and the Ribble Valley the only East Lancashire boroughs coming outside the top ten.

East Lancashire:

The figures, for the seven days to May 20, are based on the number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in either a lab-reported or rapid lateral flow test, by specimen date.

The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.

Data for the most recent four days (May 21-24) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.

From left to right, it reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to May 20; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to May 20; rate of new cases in the seven days to May 13; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to May 13.

• Blackburn with Darwen, 280.6, (420), 114.2, (171)
• Rossendale, 76.9, (55), 21.0, (15)
• Burnley, 76.5, (68), 54.0, (48)
• Hyndburn, 66.6, (54), 39.5, (32)
• Pendle, 49.9, (46), 44.5, (41)
• Ribble Valley, 24.6, (15), 13.1, (8)

England:

• Bolton, 450.7, (1296), 282.4, (812)
• Blackburn with Darwen, 280.6, (420), 114.2, (171)
• Bedford, 187.0, (324), 122.9, (213)
• Kirklees, 99.6, (438), 68.9, (303)
• Rossendale, 76.9, (55), 21.0, (15)
• Burnley, 76.5, (68), 54.0, (48)
• Hyndburn, 66.6, (54), 39.5, (32)
• Bury, 61.3, (117), 29.3, (56)
• Manchester, 58.8, (325), 43.4, (240)
• Chorley, 58.4, (69), 38.9, (46)
• Trafford, 57.7, (137), 30.3, (72)
• Leicester, 56.5, (200), 45.7, (162)
• North Tyneside, 52.4, (109), 32.7, (68)
• Hounslow, 51.9, (141), 58.6, (159)
• Bradford, 51.5, (278), 39.3, (212)
• Pendle, 49.9, (46), 44.5, (41)
• Boston, 49.9, (35), 37.1, (26)
• Luton, 49.8, (106), 28.6, (61)
• Preston, 49.6, (71), 34.2, (49)
• Worcester, 48.4, (49), 23.7, (24)
• Hillingdon, 46.9, (144), 36.5, (112)
• Newcastle upon Tyne, 45.6, (138), 44.9, (136)
• Rochdale, 45.4, (101), 41.8, (93)
• Calderdale, 42.6, (90), 37.4, (79)
• Ealing, 42.4, (145), 32.5, (111)
• Wigan, 42.3, (139), 35.9, (118)
• Kingston upon Thames, 42.3, (75), 23.1, (41)
• Selby, 41.9, (38), 49.7, (45)
• Wellingborough, 40.1, (32), 38.9, (31)
• Doncaster, 39.4, (123), 34.3, (107)
• South Holland, 38.9, (37), 49.5, (47)
• Leeds, 38.8, (308), 45.3, (359)
• Lambeth, 37.4, (122), 19.6, (64)
• Reading, 37.1, (60), 20.4, (33)
• Croydon, 36.5, (141), 27.2, (105)
• Watford, 35.2, (34), 43.5, (42)
• West Berkshire, 34.7, (55), 21.5, (34)
• Central Bedfordshire, 34.3, (99), 28.8, (83)
• Wakefield, 33.9, (118), 39.3, (137)
• Canterbury, 33.3, (55), 14.5, (24)
• Salford, 32.5, (84), 25.1, (65)
• High Peak, 32.4, (30), 44.2, (41)
• Newark and Sherwood, 31.9, (39), 26.1, (32)
• Portsmouth, 31.2, (67), 16.3, (35)
• Broxtowe, 30.7, (35), 26.3, (30)
• Sheffield, 30.4, (178), 48.4, (283)
• Peterborough, 29.7, (60), 25.7, (52)
• Barnsley, 29.6, (73), 37.3, (92)
• Greenwich, 28.8, (83), 22.9, (66)
• Slough, 28.8, (43), 29.4, (44)
• Rushmoor, 28.5, (27), 26.4, (25)
• Wokingham, 28.1, (48), 13.4, (23)
• Gedling, 28.0, (33), 22.9, (27)
• Erewash, 27.7, (32), 68.5, (79)
• Harrow, 26.3, (66), 27.1, (68)
• Oldham, 26.1, (62), 16.9, (40)
• North Lincolnshire, 26.1, (45), 43.5, (75)
• South Hams, 25.3, (22), 17.2, (15)
• Middlesbrough, 24.8, (35), 41.8, (59)
• Ribble Valley, 24.6, (15), 13.1, (8)
• Kettering, 23.6, (24), 22.6, (23)
• Corby, 23.5, (17), 38.8, (28)
• Ashfield, 23.5, (30), 20.3, (26)
• Rotherham, 23.4, (62), 28.6, (76)
• Birmingham, 22.9, (262), 15.4, (176)
• South Bucks, 22.8, (16), 15.7, (11)
• Tameside, 22.1, (50), 31.3, (71)
• Bromley, 21.7, (72), 15.6, (52)
• South Ribble, 21.7, (24), 21.7, (24)
• Hart, 21.6, (21), 31.9, (31)
• Malvern Hills, 21.6, (17), 8.9, (7)
• Three Rivers, 21.4, (20), 19.3, (18)
• Nottingham, 21.3, (71), 30.6, (102)
• Hammersmith and Fulham, 21.1, (39), 18.9, (35)
• Brent, 20.6, (68), 26.4, (87)
• Sefton, 20.3, (56), 35.1, (97)
• East Northamptonshire, 20.1, (19), 21.2, (20)
• Sandwell, 20.1, (66), 21.3, (70)
• Fylde, 19.8, (16), 11.1, (9)
• Stockport, 19.8, (58), 31.7, (93)
• East Lindsey, 19.8, (28), 18.3, (26)
• South Kesteven, 19.7, (28), 10.5, (15)
• Bassetlaw, 19.6, (23), 22.1, (26)
• Stoke-on-Trent, 19.5, (50), 24.2, (62)
• North West Leicestershire, 19.3, (20), 10.6, (11)
• Milton Keynes, 19.3, (52), 22.3, (60)
• Lancaster, 19.2, (28), 28.8, (42)
• East Riding of Yorkshire, 19.1, (65), 23.7, (81)
• Haringey, 19.0, (51), 16.4, (44)
• Swindon, 18.9, (42), 17.6, (39)
• Reigate and Banstead, 18.8, (28), 7.4, (11)
• Westminster, 18.8, (49), 19.5, (51)
• Blaby, 18.7, (19), 10.8, (11)
• Dudley, 18.7, (60), 25.2, (81)
• Blackpool, 18.6, (26), 37.3, (52)
• Wandsworth, 18.5, (61), 15.2, (50)
• West Suffolk, 18.4, (33), 22.9, (41)
• Newham, 18.4, (65), 10.2, (36)
• Rugby, 18.4, (20), 26.6, (29)
• Mid Suffolk, 18.3, (19), 19.3, (20)
• Redbridge, 18.0, (55), 15.7, (48)
• Bristol, 17.9, (83), 13.6, (63)
• Walsall, 17.9, (51), 12.6, (36)
• Southampton, 17.8, (45), 28.5, (72)
• Broxbourne, 17.5, (17), 8.2, (8)
• Epsom and Ewell, 17.4, (14), 14.9, (12)
• Kensington and Chelsea, 17.3, (27), 25.0, (39)
• Stockton-on-Tees, 17.2, (34), 17.2, (34)
• Hertsmere, 17.2, (18), 17.2, (18)
• Enfield, 17.1, (57), 13.8, (46)
• South Northamptonshire, 16.9, (16), 26.5, (25)
• Rushcliffe, 16.8, (20), 17.6, (21)
• North Devon, 16.5, (16), 5.1, (5)
• Mansfield, 16.5, (18), 25.6, (28)
• Norwich, 16.4, (23), 12.8, (18)
• Gateshead, 16.3, (33), 10.4, (21)
• Welwyn Hatfield, 16.3, (20), 6.5, (8)
• Lincoln, 16.1, (16), 32.2, (32)
• Herefordshire, 16.1, (31), 18.7, (36)
• Coventry, 15.9, (59), 21.8, (81)
• Bexley, 15.7, (39), 12.1, (30)
• St Albans, 15.5, (23), 13.5, (20)
• Nuneaton and Bedworth, 15.4, (20), 15.4, (20)
• Cheshire East, 15.4, (59), 20.3, (78)
• Tonbridge and Malling, 15.1, (20), 2.3, (3)
• Barrow-in-Furness, 14.9, (10), 7.5, (5)
• Aylesbury Vale, 14.5, (29), 15.0, (30)
• Redditch, 14.1, (12), 8.2, (7)
• Hull, 13.9, (36), 22.3, (58)
• St. Helens, 13.8, (25), 16.6, (30)
• North Warwickshire, 13.8, (9), 12.3, (8)
• Brighton and Hove, 13.8, (40), 17.5, (51)
• Dacorum, 13.6, (21), 14.2, (22)
• Charnwood, 13.5, (25), 11.8, (22)
• Hackney and City of London, 13.4, (39), 10.7, (31)
• Wyre, 13.4, (15), 19.6, (22)
• Dartford, 13.3, (15), 6.2, (7)
• Cherwell, 13.3, (20), 11.3, (17)
• Sevenoaks, 13.3, (16), 2.5, (3)
• Uttlesford, 13.1, (12), 14.2, (13)
• Sutton, 13.1, (27), 12.6, (26)
• Waltham Forest, 13.0, (36), 12.6, (35)
• Sunderland, 13.0, (36), 13.0, (36)
• Northampton, 12.9, (29), 16.9, (38)
• Breckland, 12.9, (18), 14.3, (20)
• Lewisham, 12.8, (39), 20.3, (62)
• Windsor and Maidenhead, 12.5, (19), 13.2, (20)
• Rutland, 12.5, (5), 20.0, (8)
• Oadby and Wigston, 12.3, (7), 19.3, (11)
• Solihull, 12.0, (26), 12.5, (27)
• South Gloucestershire, 11.9, (34), 7.7, (22)
• South Tyneside, 11.9, (18), 19.9, (30)
• York, 11.9, (25), 15.7, (33)
• West Oxfordshire, 11.7, (13), 9.0, (10)
• Copeland, 11.7, (8), 11.7, (8)
• Harborough, 11.7, (11), 30.9, (29)
• Melton, 11.7, (6), 44.9, (23)
• Redcar and Cleveland, 11.7, (16), 12.4, (17)
• Daventry, 11.6, (10), 14.0, (12)
• Gloucester, 11.6, (15), 4.6, (6)
• Ashford, 11.5, (15), 10.8, (14)
• Harlow, 11.5, (10), 10.3, (9)
• South Lakeland, 11.4, (12), 11.4, (12)
• West Lancashire, 11.4, (13), 15.7, (18)
• Sedgemoor, 11.4, (14), 17.9, (22)
• North East Lincolnshire, 11.3, (18), 16.9, (27)
• Islington, 11.1, (27), 12.0, (29)
• Merton, 11.1, (23), 14.0, (29)
• Tower Hamlets, 11.1, (36), 15.7, (51)
• Spelthorne, 11.0, (11), 17.0, (17)
• Wolverhampton, 11.0, (29), 15.6, (41)
• Woking, 10.9, (11), 8.9, (9)
• Bath and North East Somerset, 10.9, (21), 14.0, (27)
• Barnet, 10.9, (43), 16.9, (67)
• Stroud, 10.8, (13), 21.7, (26)
• Barking and Dagenham, 10.8, (23), 15.0, (32)
• East Hampshire, 10.6, (13), 8.2, (10)
• Richmond upon Thames, 10.6, (21), 14.6, (29)
• Harrogate, 10.6, (17), 18.0, (29)
• King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, 10.6, (16), 22.5, (34)
• Oxford, 10.5, (16), 8.5, (13)
• Warrington, 10.5, (22), 11.0, (23)
• Chiltern, 10.4, (10), 15.6, (15)
• Darlington, 10.3, (11), 11.2, (12)
• County Durham, 10.2, (54), 12.1, (64)
• Scarborough, 10.1, (11), 10.1, (11)
• Derby, 10.1, (26), 14.0, (36)
• East Staffordshire, 10.0, (12), 15.0, (18)
• Cannock Chase, 9.9, (10), 8.9, (9)
• Plymouth, 9.9, (26), 14.5, (38)
• North East Derbyshire, 9.9, (10), 15.8, (16)
• Teignbridge, 9.7, (13), 6.7, (9)
• Derbyshire Dales, 9.7, (7), 4.1, (3)
• North Kesteven, 9.4, (11), 12.8, (15)
• Adur, 9.3, (6), 14.0, (9)
• Swale, 9.3, (14), 10.7, (16)
• North Somerset, 9.3, (20), 6.5, (14)
• Halton, 9.3, (12), 13.1, (17)
• Wychavon, 9.3, (12), 6.2, (8)
• Thurrock, 9.2, (16), 10.9, (19)
• Thanet, 9.2, (13), 21.8, (31)
• Staffordshire Moorlands, 9.1, (9), 8.1, (8)
• Tamworth, 9.1, (7), 5.2, (4)
• Stevenage, 9.1, (8), 14.8, (13)
• Tandridge, 9.1, (8), 12.5, (11)
• Telford and Wrekin, 8.9, (16), 11.7, (21)
• Ipswich, 8.8, (12), 8.8, (12)
• Craven, 8.8, (5), 10.5, (6)
• Stafford, 8.7, (12), 14.6, (20)
• Waverley, 8.7, (11), 7.9, (10)
• Bolsover, 8.7, (7), 3.7, (3)
• Chesterfield, 8.6, (9), 11.4, (12)
• Camden, 8.5, (23), 11.5, (31)
• Southwark, 8.5, (27), 12.5, (40)
• Gravesham, 8.4, (9), 9.4, (10)
• South Derbyshire, 8.4, (9), 15.8, (17)
• Chichester, 8.3, (10), 9.9, (12)
• Southend-on-Sea, 8.2, (15), 14.2, (26)
• Northumberland, 8.1, (26), 15.8, (51)
• Wycombe, 8.0, (14), 10.3, (18)
• East Hertfordshire, 8.0, (12), 5.3, (8)
• Crawley, 8.0, (9), 17.8, (20)
• Knowsley, 8.0, (12), 11.3, (17)
• Medway, 7.9, (22), 7.2, (20)
• Cotswold, 7.8, (7), 8.9, (8)
• New Forest, 7.8, (14), 5.0, (9)
• Fareham, 7.7, (9), 7.7, (9)
• Havering, 7.7, (20), 11.2, (29)
• Stratford-on-Avon, 7.7, (10), 7.7, (10)
• Lichfield, 7.6, (8), 8.6, (9)
• Exeter, 7.6, (10), 6.1, (8)
• Epping Forest, 7.6, (10), 9.1, (12)
• Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole, 7.6, (30), 10.6, (42)
• North Hertfordshire, 7.5, (10), 8.2, (11)
• Eastleigh, 7.5, (10), 20.2, (27)
• Hartlepool, 7.5, (7), 13.9, (13)
• Richmondshire, 7.4, (4), 14.9, (8)
• Guildford, 7.4, (11), 7.4, (11)
• West Lindsey, 7.3, (7), 10.5, (10)
• Huntingdonshire, 7.3, (13), 15.7, (28)
• Cambridge, 7.2, (9), 20.0, (25)
• Test Valley, 7.1, (9), 7.9, (10)
• South Staffordshire, 7.1, (8), 8.0, (9)
• South Norfolk, 7.1, (10), 10.6, (15)
• Somerset West and Taunton, 7.1, (11), 7.7, (12)
• Hinckley and Bosworth, 7.1, (8), 20.3, (23)
• Newcastle-under-Lyme, 7.0, (9), 8.5, (11)
• Forest of Dean, 6.9, (6), 6.9, (6)
• Wyre Forest, 6.9, (7), 8.9, (9)
• Broadland, 6.9, (9), 11.5, (15)
• Mole Valley, 6.9, (6), 5.7, (5)
• Fenland, 6.9, (7), 17.7, (18)
• Lewes, 6.8, (7), 10.7, (11)
• Elmbridge, 6.6, (9), 13.2, (18)
• Babergh, 6.5, (6), 7.6, (7)
• Shropshire, 6.5, (21), 9.0, (29)
• Brentwood, 6.5, (5), 2.6, (2)
• Liverpool, 6.4, (32), 10.2, (51)
• Basildon, 6.4, (12), 12.3, (23)
• Wiltshire, 6.4, (32), 10.6, (53)
• Chelmsford, 6.2, (11), 10.1, (18)
• Mid Devon, 6.1, (5), 7.3, (6)
• Maidstone, 5.8, (10), 8.7, (15)
• Colchester, 5.6, (11), 15.4, (30)
• Surrey Heath, 5.6, (5), 9.0, (8)
• Arun, 5.6, (9), 15.6, (25)
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, 5.6, (32), 5.8, (33)
• Havant, 5.5, (7), 15.8, (20)
• Carlisle, 5.5, (6), 3.7, (4)
• West Devon, 5.4, (3), 10.8, (6)
• Dover, 5.1, (6), 4.2, (5)
• Tunbridge Wells, 5.1, (6), 7.6, (9)
• Cheshire West and Chester, 5.0, (17), 11.4, (39)
• Wealden, 5.0, (8), 4.3, (7)
• Bracknell Forest, 4.9, (6), 12.2, (15)
• Warwick, 4.9, (7), 9.0, (13)
• Horsham, 4.9, (7), 7.6, (11)
• Eastbourne, 4.8, (5), 0.0, (0)
• Gosport, 4.7, (4), 14.1, (12)
• Amber Valley, 4.7, (6), 3.9, (5)
• Wirral, 4.6, (15), 8.3, (27)
• Rochford, 4.6, (4), 8.0, (7)
• Dorset, 4.5, (17), 6.9, (26)
• Castle Point, 4.4, (4), 8.9, (8)
• Torbay, 4.4, (6), 9.5, (13)
• Hambleton, 4.4, (4), 9.8, (9)
• Tewkesbury, 4.2, (4), 2.1, (2)
• East Devon, 4.1, (6), 8.2, (12)
• Great Yarmouth, 4.0, (4), 20.1, (20)
• Bromsgrove, 4.0, (4), 7.0, (7)
• North Norfolk, 3.8, (4), 5.7, (6)
• Eden, 3.8, (2), 7.5, (4)
• Vale of White Horse, 3.7, (5), 11.0, (15)
• East Suffolk, 3.6, (9), 7.2, (18)
• South Oxfordshire, 3.5, (5), 8.4, (12)
• Basingstoke and Deane, 3.4, (6), 5.7, (10)
• Hastings, 3.2, (3), 4.3, (4)
• South Cambridgeshire, 3.1, (5), 10.7, (17)
• Rother, 3.1, (3), 10.4, (10)
• Allerdale, 3.1, (3), 4.1, (4)
• South Somerset, 3.0, (5), 4.8, (8)
• Torridge, 2.9, (2), 2.9, (2)
• Tendring, 2.7, (4), 12.3, (18)
• Folkestone and Hythe, 2.7, (3), 8.8, (10)
• Braintree, 2.6, (4), 11.1, (17)
• Cheltenham, 2.6, (3), 6.9, (8)
• Winchester, 2.4, (3), 6.4, (8)
• Runnymede, 2.2, (2), 4.5, (4)
• East Cambridgeshire, 2.2, (2), 13.4, (12)
• Mendip, 1.7, (2), 7.8, (9)
• Maldon, 1.5, (1), 10.8, (7)
• Isle of Wight, 1.4, (2), 8.5, (12)
• Worthing, 0.9, (1), 11.8, (13)
• Mid Sussex, 0.7, (1), 6.0, (9)
• Ryedale, 0.0, (0), 1.8, (1)