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direct to your inboxData showing the most recentcoronavirusinfection rate for each individual local authority area in England has been released.The latest figures, published by Public Health England on Monday, show that for the seven days to January 28, 99 per cent of areas have seen a fall in infections.Of the 315 local areas in England, 311 have seen a fall, while just four have seen a rise in case rates - including Oldham.Knowsley in Merseyside continues to have the highest rate in England, with 922 new cases recorded in the seven days to January 28 – the equivalent of 611.2 cases per 100,000 people.This is down from 898.2 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to January 21.Sandwell in the West Midlands has the second highest rate,

direct to your inbox Data showing the most recent coronavirus infection rate for each individual local authority area in England has been released.

The 10 areas with biggest week-on-week rise in Covid-19 case rates have been revealed in today's daily figures.

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Oldham 78.9 (187), 111.8 (265)Northampton 78.4 (176), 74.4 (167)Blackburn with Darwen 67.5 (101), 81.5 (122)Pendle 64.1 (59), 94.5 (87)Leicester 52.5 (186), 70.3 (249)Bradford 50.4 (272), 58.5 (316)Manchester 49.0 (271), 38.5 (213)Rochdale 44.5 (99), 45.0 (100)Swindon 40.1 (89), 45.5 (101)Calderdale 35.5 (75), 38.3 (81)Salford 33.6 (87), 30.5 (79)Bury 33.0 (63), 22.0 (42)Kirklees 32.7 (144), 34.6 (152)Preston 30.7 (44), 45.4 (65)Craven 29.8 (17), 5.3 (3)Birmingham 29.1 (332), 25.6 (292)Stoke-on-Trent 26.1 (67), 15.6 (40)Tameside 25.6 (58), 35.8 (81)Oadby and Wigston 24.6 (14), 14.0 (8)Wellingborough 23.8 (19), 28.9 (23)Newark and Sherwood 23.7 (29), 25.3 (31)Melton 23.4 (12), 17.6 (9)Sandwell 22.5 (74), 26.2 (86)Bolton 22.3 (64), 26.8 (77)E

Oldham 91.5 (217), 94.5 (224)Blackburn with Darwen 86.8 (130), 80.2 (120)Pendle 70.6 (65), 99.9 (92)Leicester 54.5 (193), 63.8 (226)Bradford 53.7 (290), 56.5 (305)Manchester 46.8 (259), 34.4 (190)Rochdale 39.1 (87), 40.5 (90)Preston 38.4 (55), 41.2 (59)Hyndburn 38.3 (31), 28.4 (23)Calderdale 37.4 (79), 48.2 (102)Salford 34.4 (89), 29.0 (75)Kirklees 33.9 (149), 27.5 (121)Swindon 33.3 (74), 47.3 (105)Burnley 32.6 (29), 42.7 (38)Birmingham 31.5 (360), 18.2 (208)Bury 30.4 (58), 26.7 (51)Tameside 27.8 (63), 36.2 (82)Trafford 27.8 (66), 21.9 (52)Newark and Sherwood 27.0 (33), 30.2 (37)Oadby and Wigston 26.3 (15), 12.3 (7)Bolton 26.1 (75), 28.9 (83)Sandwell 25.3 (83), 22.2 (73)Wellingborough 23.8 (19), 25.1 (20)Barnsley 23.5 (58), 13.4 (33)Melton

From left to right, it reads: name of local authority; the rate of new cases in the seven days to July 27; the number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to July 27; the rate of new cases in the seven days to July 20; the number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to July 20. Blackburn with Darwen* 89.3 (133), 83.3 (124) Leicester* 60.2 (214), 67.8 (241) Oldham* 54.3 (128), 23.3 (55) Bradford* 48.0 (258), 44.5 (239) Pendle* 42.7 (39), 27.4 (25) Trafford* 41.0 (97), 15.2 (36) Calderdale* 33.8 (71), 20.9 (44) Rochdale* 31.4 (69), 50.5 (111) Melton 31.3 (16), 7.8 (4) Eden 30.3 (16), 35.9 (19) Swindon 28.8 (64), 9.0 (20) Sandwell 28.1 (92), 26.9 (88) Hyndburn* 27.2 (22), 44.5 (36) Manchester*

New figures show Blackburn with Darwen has the worst Covid-19 infection rate in the country - and there has been a sharp rise in Oldham.

A leading doctor has warned that the UK could have four waves of coronavirus in the months and potentially years ahead while there is not yet a vaccine.