THE six boroughs of East Lancashire now occupy the top six places for the highest Covid infection rates, latest figures show.

Pendle has moved up to sixth place overtaking Salford to complete the unwanted clean sweep.
But there was good news for Blackburn with Darwen, at the top of the list, where infection rates fell again.

The figures, for the seven days to June 13, 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.

Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire continues to have the highest rate, with 823 new cases in the seven days to June 13 – the equivalent of 549.8 cases per 100,000 people.
This is down from 626.6 in the seven days to June 6.

Hyndburn has the second highest rate, up from 323.3 to 473.8, with 384 new cases.
Ribble Valley has the third highest, up from 308.8 to 459.9, with 280 new cases.

The five areas with the biggest week-on-week rises are:
Ribble Valley (up from 308.8 to 459.9)
Hyndburn (323.3 to 473.8)
Pendle (196.5 to 336.5)
Blackpool (131.2 to 234.5)
Liverpool (52.2 to 147.2)

Here are the top 10 boroughs for Covid infections:

From left to right, it reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to June 13; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to June 13; rate of new cases in the seven days to June 6; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to June 6.

Blackburn with Darwen, 549.8, (823), 626.6, (938)
Hyndburn, 473.8, (384), 323.3, (262)
Ribble Valley, 459.9, (280), 308.8, (188)
Burnley, 390.2, (347), 303.6, (270)
Rossendale, 359.5, (257), 324.6, (232)
Pendle, 336.5, (310), 196.5, (181)
Salford, 333.4, (863), 265.0, (686)
Manchester, 328.8, (1818), 242.0, (1338)
Preston, 299.7, (429), 219.4, (314)
Bury, 292.2, (558), 214.7, (410)