One area in Lancashire has a coronavirus infection rate of less than 15 cases per 100,000 people after just 13 new infections were registered. 

While all boroughs across East Lancashire have infection rates below 63 per 100,000 but above 15 per 100,000, in the seven days to April 12, it is the borough of Wyre which holds the accolade for the lowest number of infections.

The rolling seven day rate in this area is now 11.6 per 100,000 people, with just 13 new cases recorded in the seven days to April 12.

Blackburn with Darwen still has the highest infection rate in the whole county with 62.1 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to April 12.

However, infection rates have fallen in every single borough in East Lancashire, and all but two boroughs in the rest of the county, with Fylde and Lancaster both seeing increases in their infection rates. 

Rossendale has the lowest infection rate in East Lancashire, with just 15.4 cases per 100,000 people. 

Of the 315 local areas in England, 135 have seen a rise in case rates, 167 have seen a fall and 13 are unchanged.

Luton has the highest rate in England, with 212 new cases recorded in the seven days to April 12 – the equivalent of 99.5 cases per 100,000 people.

This is up slightly from 92.0 cases per 100,000 in the seven days to April 5.

Bradford has the second highest rate, up from 77.4 to 90.0, with 486 new cases.

Doncaster has the third highest rate, up very slightly from 84.6 to 85.9, with 268 new cases.

The area with the lowest infection rate, with zero cases reported in the seven days to April 12 is Rother in East Sussex.

The five areas with the biggest week-on-week rise are:

Melton (up from 43.0 to 74.2)

Canterbury (8.5 to 38.7)

Cambridge (14.4 to 41.7)

South Bucks (20.0 to 38.5)

Peterborough (60.8 to 78.1)

From left to right the following list reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to April 12; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to April 12; rate of new cases in the seven days to April 5; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to April 5.

Blackburn with Darwen, 62.1, (93), 63.5, (95)

Hyndburn, 37.0, (30), 43.2, (35)

Pendle, 26.1, (24), 27.1, (25)

Burnley, 23.6, (21), 41.6, (37)

Ribble Valley, 16.4, (10), 39.4, (24)

Rossendale, 15.4, (11), 36.4, (26)

Infection rates for the remaining eight boroughs in Lancashire are as follows:

Chorley, 44.8, (53), 49.1, (58)

Preston, 41.2, (59), 55.9, (80)

South Ribble, 37.0, (41), 42.4, (47)

Fylde, 24.8, (20), 16.1, (13)

Lancaster, 24.0, (35), 18.5, (27)

West Lancashire, 20.1, (23), 20.1, (23)

Blackpool, 12.9, (18), 17.9, (25)

Wyre, 11.6, (13), 14.3, (16)