New coronavirus cases: full list shows the rate virus is spreading in every area in England

Lockdown restrictions are due to be eased on July 4, however in some places the number of new cases being confirmed is on the rise.
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With local lockdowns now a possibility for places where coronavirus appears to be spreading at an increased rate it is useful to know which parts of the country are seeing the virus spread more quickly.

Leicester is the first place to be affected by a local lockdown, and many businesses including bars, restaurants and hair dressers, will have to remain closed for a further two weeks beyond the July 4 reopening date for the rest of the country.

New figures published Public Health England give the most complete insight into the rates at which new Covid-19 cases are being confirmed in each part of the country, broken down by local authority.

The list shows the number of new cases of coronavirus per 100,000 people in each local authority across England.The list shows the number of new cases of coronavirus per 100,000 people in each local authority across England.
The list shows the number of new cases of coronavirus per 100,000 people in each local authority across England.

The figures are based on tests that have been carried out in both laboratories, which are referred to as ‘pillar 1’ of the Government’s testing programme, and in the wider community, known as ‘pillar 2’.

As the daily updates released by the Department for Health only focus on pillar 1, the following list provides the most accurate depiction of rates of infection in different parts of England.

Here is the full list, showing the number of new cases per 100,000 population for the week ending June 21:

Leicester 140.2

Bradford 69.4

Barnsley 54.7

Rochdale 53.6

Bedford 42.0

Oldham 38.6

Rotherham 33.6

Tameside 33.3

Blackburn with Darwen 32.9

Kirklees 30.3

Peterborough 27.9

Luton 26.6

Derby 24.5

Hull 22.6

Manchester 21.6

Southend-on-Sea 20.8

Leicestershire 20.8

Sheffield 20.6

Leeds 19.8

Wirral 19.2

Wakefield 18.6

Stoke-on-Trent 18.0

Doncaster 17.4

Cheshire East 16.0

Central Bedfordshire 15.9

Bolton 15.8

Lancashire 15.0

Stockton-on-Tees 14.7

East Riding of Yorkshire 14.1

North Yorkshire 13.8

Shropshire 13.7

Kent 13.5

Slough 13.4

Bury 13.2

Nottinghamshire 12.6

Calderdale 12.4

Stockport 12.3

Cheshire West & Chester 12.3

Thurrock 12.2

Milton Keynes 10.8

Blackpool 10.8

Nottingham 10.6

Swindon 10.4

Warwickshire 10.3

Salford 10.2

Trafford 10.2

Wolverhampton 9.9

Derbyshire 9.7

Birmingham 9.6

Staffordshire 9.4

Warrington 9.1

East Sussex 9.0

Telford & Wrekin 8.4

Sefton 8.4

Middlesbrough 7.8

Kensington & Chelsea 7.7

Hounslow 7.4

Sandwell 7.3

York 6.7

St. Helens 6.7

Liverpool 6.3

Halton 6.2

Medway 6.1

Buckinghamshire 6.1

Knowsley 6.0

Hammersmith & Fulham 5.9

Essex 5.8

Cumbria 5.8

Worcestershire 5.7

Coventry 5.7

Lincolnshire 5.7

Southampton 5.5

Wigan 5.5

Waltham Forest 5.4

Newcastle upon Tyne 5.3

Brighton & Hove 5.2

Brent 5.1

County Durham 5.1

Oxfordshire 5.1

Westminster 5.1

Cambridgeshire 5.1

North Tyneside 4.9

Darlington 4.7

North Lincolnshire 4.7

Solihull 4.7

Somerset 4.7

Hertfordshire 4.6

Walsall 4.6

Bexley 4.5

Merton 4.4

Norfolk 4.3

Hartlepool 4.3

Bracknell Forest 4.1

Ealing 4.1

Dudley 3.7

Surrey 3.7

Redbridge 3.6

Southwark 3.5

Gateshead 3.5

Northumberland 3.4

Newham 3.4

West Sussex 3.3

Greenwich 3.1

Islington 2.9

Isle of Wight 2.8

Tower Hamlets 2.8

Wandsworth 2.8

Enfield 2.7

Hillingdon 2.6

Haringey 2.6

Rutland 2.5

Hackney 2.5

Barnet 2.3

Bromley 2.1

Herefordshire 2.1

Windsor and Maidenhead 2.0

Lewisham 2.0

Sutton 2.0

Bristol 1.9

Havering 1.9

Camden 1.9

North East Lincolnshire 1.9

Reading 1.8

Sunderland 1.8

Harrow 1.6

Croydon 1.6

Plymouth 1.5

Suffolk 1.5

Barking & Dagenham 1.4

North Somerset 1.4

Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole 1.3

Hampshire 1.2

Wiltshire 1.2

Kingston upon Thames 1.1

Dorset 1.1

Bath & North East Somerset 1.0

Richmond upon Thames 1.0

Devon 1.0

Portsmouth 0.9

Lambeth 0.9

Torbay 0.7

Redcar & Cleveland 0.7

Cornwall & Isles of Scilly 0.7

Gloucestershire 0.6

Wokingham 0.6

South Gloucestershire 0.4

City of London 0.0

South Tyneside 0.0

West Berkshire 0.0