Bolton covid case rates at their highest level since January lockdown
COVID-19 case rates in Bolton have climbed to their highest level since January, latest figures show.
A total of 867 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the seven days to May 14 – the equivalent of 301.5 cases per 100,000 people.
This is up from 150.2 the previous week and is the highest since the seven days to January 24.
Bolton continues to have the highest rate of new Covid-19 cases in the UK.
Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire has the second highest rate, up week-on-week from 86.2 to 131.6, with 197 new cases.
Bedford has the third highest, up week-on-week from 64.6 to 128.1, with 222 new cases.
All figures have been calculated by the PA news agency from Public Health England data published this afternoon.
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