Coronavirus: Surge in cases puts Bolton at top of England's weekly infection list
Bolton is England's top coronavirus hotspot by what appears to be a significant margin, new figures have revealed.
The local authority has England's highest rates of coronavirus, with 121.7 cases per 100,000 people.
At least 350 new cases were recorded in the seven days to September 4, up sharply from 48.3 in the seven days to August 28.
The jump in cases was revealed with an update to the rolling seven-day rate of new cases of Covid-19 for every local authority area in England.
The figures, for the seven days to September 4, 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 three days (September 5-7) has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be revised.
The rate in Bradford has also increased sharply, from 46.3 to 70.6 with 381 new cases.
Blackburn with Darwen is in third place, where the rate has risen from 47.4 to 62.8, with 94 new cases.
Other areas recording notable week-on-week jumps include:
- Birmingham (up from 28.1 to 60.3, with 689 new cases) - Leeds (up from 29.6 to 47.9, with 380 new cases) - Liverpool (up from 14.9 to 35.7, with 178 new cases) - Gateshead (up from 13.4 to 46.0, with 93 new cases) - Salford (up from 37.5 to 60.3, with 156 new cases)
The list has been calculated by the PA news agency and is based on Public Health England data published on September 7 on the government's coronavirus online dashboard.
Here is the list in full.
From left to right, it reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to September 4; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to September 4; rate of new cases in the seven days to August 28; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to August 28.
Bolton 121.7 (350), 48.3 (139)
Bradford 70.6 (381), 46.3 (250)
Blackburn with Darwen 62.8 (94), 47.4 (71)
Oldham 61.2 (145), 58.6 (139)
Birmingham 60.3 (689), 28.1 (321)
Salford 60.3 (156), 37.5 (97)
Rochdale 59.8 (133), 43.6 (97)
Burnley 59.6 (53), 30.4 (27)
Rossendale 58.8 (42), 40.6 (29)
Preston 58.0 (83), 38.4 (55)
Hertsmere 57.2 (60), 12.4 (13)
Pendle 56.5 (52), 77.1 (71)
Manchester 56.1 (310), 40.9 (226)
Tameside 55.6 (126), 36.2 (82)
Bury 50.8 (97), 25.7 (49)
Leeds 47.9 (380), 29.6 (235)
Gateshead 46.0 (93), 13.4 (27)
South Tyneside 45.0 (68), 35.8 (54)
Hyndburn 44.4 (36), 24.7 (20)
Middlesbrough 44.0 (62), 22.7 (32)
Leicester 42.6 (151), 25.7 (91)
Solihull 42.5 (92), 10.2 (22)
Hartlepool 41.6 (39), 10.7 (10)
Wirral 41.4 (134), 29.9 (97)
Corby 38.8 (28), 54.0 (39)
Sunderland 38.5 (107), 7.9 (22)
Kirklees 37.1 (163), 26.6 (117)
Blaby 36.4 (37), 21.7 (22)
Lincoln 36.3 (36), 7.0 (7)
Liverpool 35.7 (178), 14.9 (74)
Calderdale 34.0 (72), 21.3 (45)
Warrington 32.9 (69), 8.6 (18)
Knowsley 31.8 (48), 8.0 (12)
Selby 30.9 (28), 6.6 (6)
Broxtowe 30.7 (35), 9.6 (11)
Sheffield 30.6 (179), 14.5 (85)
Sefton 30.4 (84), 11.6 (32)
Newcastle upon Tyne 30.4 (92), 13.2 (40)
Spelthorne 29.0 (29), 13.0 (13)
Trafford 27.0 (64), 36.7 (87)
East Staffordshire 26.7 (32), 15.0 (18)
Wolverhampton 26.6 (70), 12.5 (33)
Sandwell 26.2 (86), 27.1 (89)
Northampton 25.8 (58), 23.2 (52)
Melton 25.4 (13), 0.0 (0)
Redbridge 24.9 (76), 11.5 (35)
West Lancashire 24.5 (28), 3.5 (4)
Barking and Dagenham 24.4 (52), 13.2 (28)
Barnsley 24.3 (60), 6.9 (17)
Peterborough 24.2 (49), 20.3 (41)
Wigan 24.0 (79), 11.3 (37)
Chiltern 24.0 (23), 11.5 (11)
Hounslow 23.9 (65), 9.9 (27)
Kensington and Chelsea 23.7 (37), 26.9 (42)
St. Helens 23.3 (42), 6.6 (12)
Harrow 23.1 (58), 17.5 (44)
North Tyneside 23.1 (48), 9.1 (19)
Stoke-on-Trent 23.0 (59), 16.4 (42)
Oadby and Wigston 22.8 (13), 15.8 (9)
South Ribble 22.6 (25), 7.2 (8)
Stockport 22.5 (66), 8.2 (24)
Harrogate 22.4 (36), 9.3 (15)
Castle Point 22.1 (20), 5.5 (5)
Scarborough 22.1 (24), 3.7 (4)
Bromsgrove 22.0 (22), 6.0 (6)
Havering 21.6 (56), 16.6 (43)
Newham 21.5 (76), 14.4 (51)
Nottingham 21.3 (71), 9.6 (32)
Stockton-on-Tees 21.3 (42), 11.1 (22)
Hammersmith and Fulham 21.1 (39), 22.7 (42)
Halton 20.9 (27), 4.6 (6)
Test Valley 20.6 (26), 3.2 (4)
Redcar and Cleveland 20.4 (28), 19.7 (27)
Coventry 20.2 (75), 18.8 (70)
Luton 20.2 (43), 9.9 (21)
Cheshire East 20.0 (77), 9.1 (35)
Elmbridge 19.7 (27), 17.5 (24)
Barnet 19.7 (78), 17.4 (69)
Rushcliffe 19.3 (23), 10.9 (13)
County Durham 19.1 (101), 10.8 (57)
Waverley 19.0 (24), 7.9 (10)
Northumberland 18.9 (61), 8.1 (26)
Kettering 18.7 (19), 37.3 (38)
High Peak 18.3 (17), 12.9 (12)
Wycombe 18.3 (32), 16.0 (28)
Great Yarmouth 18.1 (18), 31.2 (31)
Rotherham 18.1 (48), 9.8 (26)
Ashfield 18.0 (23), 2.3 (3)
Malvern Hills 17.8 (14), 2.5 (2)
Chorley 17.8 (21), 7.6 (9)
Tower Hamlets 17.6 (57), 15.1 (49)
Epping Forest 17.5 (23), 15.9 (21)
Rugby 17.4 (19), 7.3 (8)
Mansfield 17.4 (19), 6.4 (7)
Worthing 17.2 (19), 6.3 (7)
Walsall 17.2 (49), 9.5 (27)
Three Rivers 17.1 (16), 8.6 (8)
Harborough 17.1 (16), 14.9 (14)
East Northamptonshire 16.9 (16), 12.7 (12)
Lambeth 16.9 (55), 15.6 (51)
Dudley 16.8 (54), 9.0 (29)
Slough 16.7 (25), 9.4 (14)
Ealing 16.7 (57), 14.9 (51)
Barrow-in-Furness 16.4 (11), 0.0 (0)
North Somerset 16.3 (35), 6.5 (14)
Welwyn Hatfield 16.3 (20), 19.5 (24)
Newcastle-under-Lyme 16.2 (21), 25.5 (33)
Wakefield 16.1 (56), 12.1 (42)
South Staffordshire 16.0 (18), 4.4 (5)
Hillingdon 16.0 (49), 11.4 (35)
Windsor and Maidenhead 15.8 (24), 17.8 (27)
Wandsworth 15.8 (52), 18.2 (60)
Oxford 15.7 (24), 15.1 (23)
Tamworth 15.6 (12), 20.9 (16)
Watford 15.5 (15), 23.8 (23)
North Kesteven 15.4 (18), 4.3 (5)
Westminster 15.3 (40), 17.2 (45)
Staffordshire Moorlands 15.2 (15), 10.2 (10)
Norwich 14.9 (21), 13.5 (19)
Bristol 14.9 (69), 10.4 (48)
Haringey 14.9 (40), 14.1 (38)
Brent 14.9 (49), 12.1 (40)
St Albans 14.8 (22), 10.1 (15)
Ribble Valley 14.8 (9), 21.4 (13)
Wychavon 14.7 (19), 5.4 (7)
Surrey Heath 14.6 (13), 7.8 (7)
Blackpool 14.3 (20), 9.3 (13)
Wyre 14.3 (16), 3.6 (4)
Reigate and Banstead 14.1 (21), 6.7 (10)
Hackney and City of London 14.1 (41), 22.0 (64)
South Derbyshire 14.0 (15), 5.6 (6)
Croydon 14.0 (54), 9.3 (36)
Bracknell Forest 13.9 (17), 3.3 (4)
Wellingborough 13.8 (11), 13.8 (11)
Southwark 13.8 (44), 12.9 (41)
North East Derbyshire 13.8 (14), 3.9 (4)
North Warwickshire 13.8 (9), 1.5 (1)
Enfield 13.8 (46), 13.5 (45)
York 13.8 (29), 4.7 (10)
Plymouth 13.7 (36), 9.9 (26)
Cheshire West and Chester 13.7 (47), 7.6 (26)
Stevenage 13.7 (12), 9.1 (8)
Bolsover 13.7 (11), 9.9 (8)
Epsom and Ewell 13.6 (11), 11.2 (9)
Richmond upon Thames 13.6 (27), 15.2 (30)
Swindon 13.5 (30), 20.7 (46)
Broxbourne 13.4 (13), 7.2 (7)
Uttlesford 13.1 (12), 11.0 (10)
Gravesham 13.1 (14), 6.5 (7)
Kingston upon Thames 13.0 (23), 10.7 (19)
Dacorum 12.9 (20), 22.6 (35)
Charnwood 12.9 (24), 4.8 (9)
Redditch 12.9 (11), 14.1 (12)
Breckland 12.9 (18), 28.6 (40)
Derby 12.8 (33), 7.8 (20)
Islington 12.8 (31), 10.7 (26)
West Oxfordshire 12.7 (14), 9.0 (10)
Tunbridge Wells 12.6 (15), 5.9 (7)
West Lindsey 12.5 (12), 1.0 (1)
Stafford 12.4 (17), 5.8 (8)
Lancaster 12.3 (18), 2.1 (3)
Basildon 12.3 (23), 6.9 (13)
Craven 12.3 (7), 1.8 (1)
Greenwich 12.2 (35), 9.7 (28)
Hambleton 12.0 (11), 7.6 (7)
Lewisham 11.8 (36), 10.1 (31)
Bromley 11.7 (39), 10.2 (34)
Wokingham 11.7 (20), 7.0 (12)
Mole Valley 11.5 (10), 13.8 (12)
Lichfield 11.5 (12), 12.4 (13)
Wiltshire 11.4 (57), 4.0 (20)
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 11.4 (45), 5.3 (21)
Bexley 11.3 (28), 8.5 (21)
Cambridge 11.2 (14), 16.8 (21)
Runnymede 11.2 (10), 7.8 (7)
New Forest 11.1 (20), 8.9 (16)
Gedling 11.0 (13), 9.3 (11)
Woking 10.9 (11), 4.0 (4)
Adur 10.9 (7), 6.2 (4)
Worcester 10.9 (11), 5.9 (6)
Waltham Forest 10.8 (30), 15.2 (42)
Guildford 10.7 (16), 8.7 (13)
East Hampshire 10.6 (13), 11.4 (14)
North West Leicestershire 10.6 (11), 7.7 (8)
Arun 10.6 (17), 1.9 (3)
Chesterfield 10.5 (11), 1.0 (1)
Southend-on-Sea 10.4 (19), 9.8 (18)
Vale of White Horse 10.3 (14), 14.7 (20)
East Devon 10.3 (15), 6.8 (10)
Allerdale 10.2 (10), 10.2 (10)
Bassetlaw 10.2 (12), 6.0 (7)
Shropshire 10.2 (33), 7.4 (24)
Tandridge 10.2 (9), 6.8 (6)
Carlisle 10.1 (11), 12.0 (13)
Camden 10.0 (27), 13.3 (36)
South Bucks 10.0 (7), 12.8 (9)
Sevenoaks 9.9 (12), 7.5 (9)
Fylde 9.9 (8), 5.0 (4)
North Lincolnshire 9.9 (17), 5.8 (10)
South Kesteven 9.8 (14), 5.6 (8)
Merton 9.7 (20), 8.7 (18)
Rushmoor 9.5 (9), 4.2 (4)
West Suffolk 9.5 (17), 3.9 (7)
Eden 9.4 (5), 5.6 (3)
Darlington 9.4 (10), 5.6 (6)
Bath and North East Somerset 9.3 (18), 8.3 (16)
Nuneaton and Bedworth 9.2 (12), 8.5 (11)
Stratford-on-Avon 9.2 (12), 6.9 (9)
Sutton 9.2 (19), 7.3 (15)
South Gloucestershire 9.1 (26), 10.5 (30)
Chichester 9.1 (11), 1.7 (2)
Newark and Sherwood 9.0 (11), 7.4 (9)
South Somerset 8.9 (15), 4.8 (8)
Milton Keynes 8.9 (24), 7.8 (21)
Telford and Wrekin 8.9 (16), 2.2 (4)
West Berkshire 8.8 (14), 8.8 (14)
Erewash 8.7 (10), 9.5 (11)
Central Bedfordshire 8.7 (25), 8.7 (25)
Mendip 8.7 (10), 6.9 (8)
Thurrock 8.6 (15), 4.6 (8)
South Norfolk 8.5 (12), 7.1 (10)
East Riding of Yorkshire 8.5 (29), 3.5 (12)
Daventry 8.1 (7), 7.0 (6)
Hinckley and Bosworth 8.0 (9), 8.0 (9)
Brighton and Hove 7.9 (23), 10.7 (31)
Mid Suffolk 7.7 (8), 4.8 (5)
Dover 7.6 (9), 0.0 (0)
Hastings 7.6 (7), 13.0 (12)
Rutland 7.5 (3), 10.0 (4)
Bedford 7.5 (13), 16.2 (28)
North Hertfordshire 7.5 (10), 7.5 (10)
Reading 7.4 (12), 12.4 (20)
Tewkesbury 7.4 (7), 5.3 (5)
Mid Sussex 7.3 (11), 13.9 (21)
Hart 7.2 (7), 6.2 (6)
South Oxfordshire 7.0 (10), 7.0 (10)
Cannock Chase 6.9 (7), 1.0 (1)
Forest of Dean 6.9 (6), 2.3 (2)
Wyre Forest 6.9 (7), 9.9 (10)
South Hams 6.9 (6), 11.5 (10)
Dorset 6.9 (26), 2.6 (10)
Wealden 6.8 (11), 6.2 (10)
East Hertfordshire 6.7 (10), 14.7 (22)
Brentwood 6.5 (5), 14.3 (11)
Doncaster 6.4 (20), 3.8 (12)
East Lindsey 6.4 (9), 2.8 (4)
South Cambridgeshire 6.3 (10), 6.3 (10)
Warwick 6.3 (9), 6.3 (9)
Herefordshire 6.2 (12), 1.6 (3)
Gloucester 6.2 (8), 7.7 (10)
Hull 6.2 (16), 4.2 (11)
Portsmouth 6.0 (13), 7.4 (16)
Canterbury 6.0 (10), 2.4 (4)
Cheltenham 6.0 (7), 12.0 (14)
Aylesbury Vale 6.0 (12), 6.0 (12)
Cherwell 6.0 (9), 4.7 (7)
Lewes 5.8 (6), 2.9 (3)
Medway 5.7 (16), 3.9 (11)
South Lakeland 5.7 (6), 1.9 (2)
Richmondshire 5.6 (3), 3.7 (2)
Cotswold 5.6 (5), 3.3 (3)
Horsham 5.6 (8), 4.2 (6)
Derbyshire Dales 5.5 (4), 12.4 (9)
Amber Valley 5.5 (7), 0.8 (1)
Babergh 5.4 (5), 8.7 (8)
Ryedale 5.4 (3), 3.6 (2)
Folkestone and Hythe 5.3 (6), 6.2 (7)
Tonbridge and Malling 5.3 (7), 3.0 (4)
South Northamptonshire 5.3 (5), 10.6 (10)
Ipswich 5.1 (7), 2.9 (4)
Basingstoke and Deane 5.1 (9), 4.5 (8)
North East Lincolnshire 5.0 (8), 3.8 (6)
Colchester 4.6 (9), 5.1 (10)
Chelmsford 4.5 (8), 9.5 (17)
Teignbridge 4.5 (6), 2.2 (3)
Crawley 4.4 (5), 6.2 (7)
East Suffolk 4.4 (11), 4.4 (11)
Torbay 4.4 (6), 5.9 (8)
Fareham 4.3 (5), 6.0 (7)
Winchester 4.0 (5), 16.0 (20)
Swale 4.0 (6), 2.7 (4)
Eastbourne 3.9 (4), 7.7 (8)
Broadland 3.8 (5), 3.1 (4)
Exeter 3.8 (5), 7.6 (10)
Eastleigh 3.7 (5), 3.0 (4)
Southampton 3.6 (9), 10.3 (26)
Thanet 3.5 (5), 6.3 (9)
Maidstone 3.5 (6), 1.7 (3)
Harlow 3.4 (3), 3.4 (3)
Rochford 3.4 (3), 10.3 (9)
Stroud 3.3 (4), 5.0 (6)
Rother 3.1 (3), 3.1 (3)
North Devon 3.1 (3), 4.1 (4)
Maldon 3.1 (2), 6.2 (4)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 3.0 (17), 2.1 (12)
Fenland 2.9 (3), 2.9 (3)
Copeland 2.9 (2), 8.8 (6)
Isle of Wight 2.8 (4), 1.4 (2)
Huntingdonshire 2.8 (5), 6.7 (12)
Dartford 2.7 (3), 10.7 (12)
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 2.6 (4), 4.6 (7)
Braintree 2.6 (4), 3.3 (5)
Somerset West and Taunton 2.6 (4), 0.6 (1)
Mid Devon 2.4 (2), 13.4 (11)
Gosport 2.4 (2), 2.4 (2)
Ashford 2.3 (3), 1.5 (2)
North Norfolk 1.9 (2), 0.0 (0)
West Devon 1.8 (1), 0.0 (0)
Sedgemoor 1.6 (2), 8.1 (10)
Havant 1.6 (2), 4.8 (6)
Torridge 1.5 (1), 0.0 (0)
Boston 1.4 (1), 5.7 (4)
Tendring 1.4 (2), 1.4 (2)
East Cambridgeshire 1.1 (1), 3.3 (3)
South Holland 1.1 (1), 1.1 (1)