How coronavirus rates have changed in your area since schools reopened -full list
| Published date | 26 March 2021 |
| Date | 26 March 2021 |
| Publication title | Daily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England) |
The figures come as England gets ready to ease restrictions further after the weekend, with the "stay at home" restriction set to be lifted and people allowed to meet outdoors in groups once more.
In total 122 areas in England saw COVID cases rise -38 per cent of the 315 local authority areas in the country.
Six -Warrington, Cannock Chase, Merton, South Cambridgeshire, East Hampshire and the Isle of Wight -saw the number of cases recorded in seven days remain the same.
On March 7 -the day before lockdown restrictions began to be eased with schools reopening -33 areas had an infection rate of more than 100 cases per 100,000.
Latest data shows that has not changed dramatically, with 32 recording rates of 100 or more.
Scroll down to see how infection rates have changed in your area since schools reopened
Which areas recorded the highest rises in new cases
Several parts of England saw significant rises in new cases in the week to Monday, compared with the seven days to March 7 -the day before schools reopened.
Eastbourne saw the biggest jump, with 46 people testing positive -compared to just 13 a fortnight earlier.
This saw its infection rate soar from 12.5 cases per 100,000 to 44.3.
Runnymede, in Surrey, also saw the number of cases more than double, with the rate leaping from 30.2 to 64.9 in a fortnight.
Other areas where new infections doubled in this period were Castlepoint, Chichester, Eden and Tunbridge Wells.
Corby, in Northamptonshire, is currently England's worst COVID hotspot, after 138 people tested positive there in the seven days to Monday -compared to 94 in the same period before schools reopened.
Which areas have seen the largest falls in cases
There is plenty of good news in the figures, as 187 areas recorded a drop in cases.
Copeland, in Cumbria, recorded just eight cases in the most recent figures, a huge drop on the 31 two weeks earlier.
This caused its rate to fall from 45.5 to 11.7 cases per 100,000 -the sharpest fall in England over the two weeks.
Malvern Hills fell from 57 cases to 17, while Hastings, Braintree, Teignbridge and East Devon all saw the number of cases halve in a fortnight.
Latest Department of Health figures reveal that 38,424 people tested positive across the UK in the last week -a two per cent drop on the week before.
But in the first weeks of January it was regularly passing 60,000 a day, with 68,053 cases announced on January 8 alone.
Is the vaccine making a difference
Undoubtedly.
Research shows that those who have been vaccinated are less likely to spread the virus, and the number of people who have received at least one jab is growing every day.
As of last night 28,991,188 had been given their first dose, while 2,775,481 received their second.
Is the virus spreading
Today the government confirmed the coronavirus reproduction number, or R value, across the UK is between 0.7 to 0.9 -up from 0.6 to 0.9 last week.
R represents the average number of people each COVID-19 positive person goes on to infect.
When the figure is above 1, an outbreak is growing, but when it is below 1, it means the epidemic is shrinking.
An R number between 0.7 and 0.9 means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between seven and nine other people.
The latest growth rate is between minus 5 per cent to minus 2 per cent, which means the number of new infections is shrinking by between 2 per cent and 5 per cent every day.
PROFESSOR CHRIS WHITTY: 'THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE ANOTHER SURGE'
What happens next
From Monday, lockdown restrictions are set to ease still further.
People will be allowed to meet in groups of six outside, while outdoor sporting facilities -including golf courses, tennis courts and swimming pools -will be allowed to open.
But experts have warned the government to proceed with caution, and for the public to continue sticking to rules.
Earlier this week chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said there will "definitely" be another wave of COVID cases.
He said: "The path from here on in does look better than the last year but there are going to be lots of bumps and twists on the road from here on in.
"There will definitely be another surge at some point, whether it's before winter or in the next winter, we don't know."
The full list
Figures show the latest Public Health England data -for the seven days to this Monday -compared to the week to March 7 -the day before schools went back
Areas where cases have risen are shown in bold
Corby -191.1 with 138 cases, up from 130.2 with 94 cases
Barnsley -185.1 with 457 cases, up from 144.6 with 357 cases
North Lincolnshire -161.4 with 278 cases, up from 92.3 with 159 cases
Hull -151.3 with 393 cases, down from 156.3 with 406 cases
Redditch -150.1 with 128 cases, up from 138.4 with 118 cases
Doncaster -142.7 with 445 cases, up from 95.5 with 298 cases
Bradford -142.5 with 769 cases, up from 141.2 with 762 cases
Rotherham -140.9 with 374 cases, down from 148.4 with 394 cases
South Holland -137.9 with 131 cases, up from 134.7 with 128 cases
Wakefield -135.5 with 472 cases, up from 128.9 with 449 cases
Luton -131.9 with 281 cases, up from 111.2 with 237 cases
Bassetlaw -128.6 with 151 cases, up from 122.6 with 144 cases
Sheffield -125.2 with 732 cases, up from 80.2 with 469 cases
Peterborough -123.6 with 250 cases, down from 138.9 with 281...
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