Blackburn with Darwen, The Ribble Valley and Hyndburn remain the areas with the most number of Covid cases in the UK.

The figures, for the seven days to June 10, 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 (June 11-14) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.

Of the 315 local areas in England, 283 (90%) have seen a rise in rates, 26 (8%) have seen a fall and six are unchanged.

Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire continues to have the highest rate, with 897 new cases in the seven days to June 10 – the equivalent of 599.2 cases per 100,000 people.

This is up from 548.4 in the seven days to June 3.

Ribble Valley in Lancashire has the second highest rate, up from 221.7 to 458.2, with 279 new cases. Hyndburn – also in Lancashire – has the third highest, up from 264.1 to 410.9, with 333 new cases.

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

Ribble Valley (up from 221.7 to 458.2)
Pendle (131.4 to 305.1)
Hyndburn (264.1 to 410.9)
Burnley (240.7 to 366.6)
South Ribble (204.0 to 315.0)

The list has been calculated by the PA news agency based on Public Health England data published on June 14 on the Government’s coronavirus dashboard.

Here are the top 15 areas

From left to right, it reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to June 10; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to June 10; rate of new cases in the seven days to June 3; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to June 3.

Blackburn with Darwen, 599.2, (897), 548.4, (821)
Ribble Valley, 458.2, (279), 221.7, (135)
Hyndburn, 410.9, (333), 264.1, (214)
Rossendale, 373.5, (267), 286.8, (205)
Burnley, 366.6, (326), 240.7, (214)
South Ribble, 315.0, (349), 204.0, (226)
Salford, 311.4, (806), 212.5, (550)
Bolton, 308.8, (888), 321.0, (923)
Pendle, 305.1, (281), 131.4, (121)
Manchester, 300.4, (1661), 210.0, (1161)
Preston, 276.7, (396), 182.3, (261)
Bury, 262.3, (501), 189.5, (362)
Stockport, 233.1, (684), 166.3, (488)
Chorley, 232.6, (275), 140.4, (166)