The South Ribble areas where Covid rates have risen as lockdown easing delayed.The South Ribble areas where Covid rates have risen as lockdown easing delayed.
The South Ribble areas where Covid rates have risen as lockdown easing delayed.

As the 21 June ‘unlocking’ is delayed here are the South Ribble areas where Covid infections are rising in the first week of June

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced an extension to England’s Covid restrictions with the remaining rules now expected to be lifted on 19 July.

Although case rates have predominantly fallen across the country, there are still some areas where coronavirus cases are rising.

The latest figures show 16 out of 17 neighbourhoods still saw a rise in infections in the latest seven-day period, the first week in June.

South Ribble recorded 363 cases in the seven days to 9 June, a rate of 327.7 per 100,000 people.

As the country looks set to stay with restrictions for another month, we reveal which neighbourhoods saw the biggest rise in case rates per 100,000 people between 02 and 9 June.