Coronavirus infection rates across Blackburn with Darwen have plummeted.

In the seven days to April 19, rates across the borough stood at 25.4 cases per 100,000 people - the lowest in a long time.

In the seven days to April 12, the rate was 62.8 cases per 100,000 people.

Burnley and Rossendale both saw increases in their rates but infections still remain low across both boroughs, at 33.7 cases and 22.4 cases per 100,000 people respectively.

The Ribble Valley has the lowest infection rate in East Lancashire.

Of the 315 local areas in England, 109 have seen a rise in rates, 190 have seen a fall and 16 are unchanged.

Doncaster continues to have the highest rate, with 214 new cases in the seven days to April 19 – the equivalent of 68.6 cases per 100,000 people.

This is down from 88.2 in the seven days to April 12.

Slough has the second highest rate, down from 71.6 to 63.5, with 95 new cases.

Kirklees has the third highest, down from 77.3 to 60.0, with 264 new cases.

The five areas with the biggest week-on-week rises are:

Newcastle-under-Lyme (up from 19.3 to 34.8)

Cherwell (19.9 to 35.2)

Eden (3.8 to 16.9)

Hartlepool (36.3 to 49.1)

Waverley (6.3 to 18.2)

The infection rates for the seven days to April 19, across East Lancashire, are as follows:

Burnley, 33.7, (30), 25.9, (23)

Hyndburn, 27.1, (22), 38.3, (31)

Blackburn with Darwen, 25.4, (38), 62.8, (94)

Rossendale, 22.4, (16), 15.4, (11)

Pendle, 18.5, (17), 26.1, (24)

Ribble Valley, 9.9, (6), 16.4, (10)

Infection rates across the remaining boroughs in the county are:

Chorley, 32.1, (38), 44.8, (53)

Preston, 30.7, (44), 42.6, (61)

South Ribble, 17.1, (19), 37.9, (42)

Lancaster, 16.4, (24), 25.3, (37)

Blackpool, 14.3, (20), 13.6, (19)

West Lancashire, 11.4, (13), 21.0, (24)

Wyre, 10.7, (12), 13.4, (15)

Fylde, 7.4, (6), 24.8, (20)