BOLTON'S seven-day coronavirus rolling rate of new cases has fallen again amid the national lockdown restrictions.

Figures released show that the rate per 100,000 people of new cases in the borough up to Monday is 412.5 after 1,186 covid-19 cases were recorded up to that date.

The rate up to the seven days before then, November 9, was 485.8 after 1,397 cases were logged.

Bolton has the 36th highest rate in the country, a table which the town has topped before.

Hull continues to have the highest rate in England, with 1,817 new cases recorded in the seven days to November 16 – the equivalent of 699.4 cases per 100,000 people.

This is down from 754.5 in the seven days to November 9.

Swale in Kent has the second highest rate, up sharply from 316.5 to 654.3, with 982 new cases.

East Lindsey is in third place, where the rate has risen from 425.5 to 572.2, with 811 new cases.

Swale and East Lindsey saw the biggest week-on-week jump in rates, followed by Thanet (up from 393.2 to 520.0, with 738 new cases) and Boston (up from 343.4 to 466.0, with 327 new cases).

The list has been calculated by the PA news agency, based on Public Health England data published on November 20 on the Government's coronavirus dashboard.

The figures, for the seven days to November 16, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government's testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).

The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.

Data for the most recent four days (November 17-20) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.

A majority of areas in England (169 out of 315) have seen a rise in cases.

Here is the list of the 40 boroughs in the country with the highest rates. From left to right, it reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to November 16; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to November 16; rate of new cases in the seven days to November 9; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to November 9.

Hull 699.4 (1,817), 754.5 (1,960)

Swale 654.3 (982), 316.5 (475)

East Lindsey 572.2 (811), 425.5 (603)

Hartlepool 550.9 (516), 492.2 (461)

Dudley 532.7 (1,713), 509.0 (1,637)

Stoke-on-Trent 529.7 (1,358), 490.7 (1,258)

Kirklees 525.3 (2,310), 558.5 (2,456)

Thanet 520.0 (738), 393.2 (558)

Oadby and Wigston 510.4 (291), 468.3 (267)

Oldham 499.8 (1,185), 685.3 (1,625)

Bradford 491.5 (2,653), 564.9 (3,049)

Sandwell 490.2 (1,610), 469.5 (1,542)

Leicester 486.1 (1,722), 482.5 (1,709)

North East Lincolnshire 479.4 (765), 593.5 (947)

Rochdale 475.7 (1,058), 583.6 (1,298)

Blackburn with Darwen 470.3 (704), 690.1 (1,033)

North Lincolnshire 466.6 (804), 377.8 (651)

Bristol 466.6 (2,162), 498.1 (2,308)

Boston 466.0 (327), 343.4 (241)

Redcar and Cleveland 465.2 (638), 473.9 (650)

Newcastle-under-Lyme 458.9 (594), 426.4 (552)

Calderdale 452.1 (956), 473.4 (1,001)

Blaby 448.2 (455), 382.2 (388)

Stockton-on-Tees 446.4 (881), 407.9 (805)

Hyndburn 445.4 (361), 412.1 (334)

East Staffordshire 434.2 (520), 417.5 (500)

South Staffordshire 434.0 (488), 490.1 (551)

Middlesbrough 429.1 (605), 463.2 (653)

Tamworth 429.0 (329), 393.8 (302)

Wakefield 425.5 (1,482), 524.5 (1,827)

Pendle 418.0 (385), 432.1 (398)

Newcastle upon Tyne 417.1 (1,263), 423.0 (1,281)

Scarborough 413.8 (450), 579.3 (630)

Stafford 413.0 (567), 392.6 (539)

Lincoln 412.9 (410), 397.8 (395)

Bolton 412.5 (1,186), 485.8 (1,397)

Bury 408.9 (781), 549.2 (1,049)

East Riding of Yorkshire 402.1 (1,372), 474.5 (1,619)

Salford 399.9 (1,035), 499.5 (1,293)

Bassetlaw 398.4 (468), 441.9 (519)