Worrying new data shows the coronavirus infection rate has nearly doubled in Stoke-on-Trent in a week - days after the council issued a lockdown warning.
Figures from Public Health England reveal 79 new cases were detected in the seven days to last Thursday - the latest data available.
This saw the city's infection rate rise from 15.6 to 30.8 cases per 100,000 of the population - prompting leaders to issue a lockdown warning.
Abi Brown, leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, last week pleaded with residents to comply with social distancing rules after 12 cases were found in one day.
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