Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeEngland's worst Covid hotspot has more than double the infection rate of the second area after an alarming rise in new cases. Latest Public Health England reveal Bolton is by far the worst-hit of the country's towns and cities. In the seven days to Friday, 867 people in the Greater Manchester town tested positive - raising its infection rate from 150.2 cases per 100,000 people to 301.5. Blackburn with Darwen, in second place, has a rate of 131.6 cases per 100,000, up from 86.2 the previous week. Out of England's 315 local authority areas, 143 saw a rise in new cases while 154 recorded a drop and 18 remained the same.

Source: Daily Mirror May 18, 2021 17:19 UTC