A pair of towns are climbing the coronavirus hotspot table after dozens of new cases were recorded this week. Blackburn with Darwen is now the town in the country with the second highest rate of coronavirus infection.
It has risen up the table along with third placed Oldham, which has 1,053 cases per 100,000 people. Blackburn with Darwen has a slightly higher rate at 1,072 per 100,000 than Oldham, but is still below Leicester, where 150 people out of every have tested positive for the bug.
The figures are released daily by the Department of Health. While data was not published on Tuesday, a comparison of today and Monday's releases shows cases mounting at a steady rate in the worst hit towns.
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