Here is Thursday’s update of 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 August 24, 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 (August 25-27) has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be revised.

In Pendle, 53 new cases were recorded in the seven days to August 24 – the equivalent of 57.5 per 100,000 people. This is the highest rate in England, but it is down from 81.4 in the seven days to August 17.

The rate in Blackburn with Darwen is 56.8, down from 68.1, with 85 new cases.

Oldham is third, where the rate has fallen from 81.0 to 51.9, with 123 new cases.

Two other areas have rates above 40 per 100,000: Bradford (41.3) and Manchester (41.2).

The list has been calculated by the PA news agency and is based on Public Health England data published on August 27 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 August 24; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to August 24; rate of new cases in the seven days to August 17; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to August 17.

Pendle 57.5 (53), 81.4 (75)
Blackburn with Darwen 56.8 (85), 68.1 (102)
Oldham 51.9 (123), 81.0 (192)
Bradford 41.3 (223), 52.4 (283)
Manchester 41.2 (228), 49.2 (272)
Leicester 37.0 (131), 53.4 (189)
Northampton 36.1 (81), 78.8 (177)
Swindon 35.6 (79), 41.4 (92)
Bury 32.5 (62), 34.0 (65)
Kettering 32.4 (33), 13.8 (14)
Redditch 31.7 (27), 5.9 (5)
Oadby and Wigston 31.6 (18), 24.6 (14)
Rochdale 31.5 (70), 46.3 (103)
Oxford 30.8 (47), 18.4 (28)
Calderdale 29.8 (63), 35.9 (76)
Burnley 29.2 (26), 28.1 (25)
Tameside 28.7 (65), 28.3 (64)
Preston 27.2 (39), 32.1 (46)
Hackney and City of London 27.2 (79), 13.1 (38)
Kirklees 25.9 (114), 33.9 (149)
Hyndburn 25.9 (21), 22.2 (18)
Salford 24.7 (64), 34.8 (90)
Dacorum 24.6 (38), 4.5 (7)
Birmingham 23.1 (264), 29.7 (339)
Windsor and Maidenhead 23.1 (35), 11.9 (18)
Middlesbrough 22.7 (32), 14.9 (21)
Corby 22.2 (16), 18.0 (13)
Leeds 21.7 (172), 17.8 (141)
Blaby 21.7 (22), 13.8 (14)
Sandwell 21.3 (70), 24.1 (79)
Trafford 21.1 (50), 20.6 (49)
Stoke-on-Trent 19.5 (50), 26.5 (68)
Wandsworth 18.8 (62), 10.6 (35)
South Bucks 18.6 (13), 10.0 (7)
Newcastle-under-Lyme 18.5 (24), 8.5 (11)
Ealing 18.4 (63), 14.0 (48)
Wakefield 18.4 (64), 20.4 (71)
Kensington and Chelsea 17.9 (28), 12.2 (19)
Elmbridge 17.5 (24), 13.2 (18)
Bolton 17.4 (50), 23.6 (68)
Hammersmith and Fulham 17.3 (32), 17.3 (32)
Peterborough 16.8 (34), 14.8 (30)
Bath and North East Somerset 16.6 (32), 5.7 (11)
Southwark 16.0 (51), 12.2 (39)
Wolverhampton 15.9 (42), 18.2 (48)
Westminster 15.7 (41), 6.9 (18)
Rossendale 15.4 (11), 9.8 (7)
Great Yarmouth 15.1 (15), 1.0 (1)
Wellingborough 15.1 (12), 25.1 (20)
Barking and Dagenham 15.0 (32), 16.4 (35)
Breckland 15.0 (21), 3.6 (5)
Haringey 14.9 (40), 10.1 (27)
Liverpool 14.7 (73), 14.3 (71)
Three Rivers 13.9 (13), 5.4 (5)
South Tyneside 13.9 (21), 2.6 (4)
Folkestone and Hythe 13.3 (15), 5.3 (6)
Newcastle upon Tyne 13.2 (40), 16.2 (49)
Enfield 13.2 (44), 6.9 (23)
Harrow 13.1 (33), 10.4 (26)
Ribble Valley 13.1 (8), 8.2 (5)
Carlisle 12.9 (14), 13.8 (15)
Hillingdon 12.7 (39), 13.4 (41)
Waverley 12.7 (16), 8.7 (11)
Stockport 12.6 (37), 16.7 (49)
Rutland 12.5 (5), 12.5 (5)
Watford 12.4 (12), 20.7 (20)
Wirral 12.3 (40), 5.2 (17)
Mid Devon 12.1 (10), 2.4 (2)
Coventry 12.1 (45), 21.0 (78)
Tower Hamlets 12.0 (39), 8.9 (29)
Mid Sussex 11.9 (18), 4.0 (6)
High Peak 11.9 (11), 7.6 (7)
Wigan 11.9 (39), 8.8 (29)
Luton 11.7 (25), 12.2 (26)
Brentwood 11.7 (9), 6.5 (5)
South Gloucestershire 11.6 (33), 2.8 (8)
Havering 11.6 (30), 6.9 (18)
Newark and Sherwood 11.4 (14), 31.0 (38)
Hounslow 11.4 (31), 17.7 (48)
Epping Forest 11.4 (15), 9.1 (12)
Barnet 11.4 (45), 11.6 (46)
Walsall 11.2 (32), 15.4 (44)
Nottingham 11.1 (37), 10.8 (36)
Camden 11.1 (30), 10.4 (28)
Northumberland 10.9 (35), 6.8 (22)
Bristol 10.8 (50), 10.1 (47)
Broxtowe 10.5 (12), 8.8 (10)
Lewisham 10.5 (32), 6.5 (20)
Chiltern 10.4 (10), 9.4 (9)
Gedling 10.2 (12), 5.1 (6)
Sutton 10.2 (21), 4.8 (10)
Richmond upon Thames 10.1 (20), 18.7 (37)
Guildford 10.1 (15), 11.4 (17)
Slough 10.0 (15), 10.7 (16)
East Hertfordshire 10.0 (15), 3.3 (5)
Cherwell 10.0 (15), 5.3 (8)
Bromley 9.9 (33), 8.7 (29)
Islington 9.9 (24), 4.9 (12)
Lambeth 9.8 (32), 11.3 (37)
Sefton 9.8 (27), 13.0 (36)
Waltham Forest 9.7 (27), 14.1 (39)
Vale of White Horse 9.6 (13), 9.6 (13)
Torbay 9.5 (13), 1.5 (2)
Rushmoor 9.5 (9), 4.2 (4)
Redcar and Cleveland 9.5 (13), 6.6 (9)
Bassetlaw 9.4 (11), 8.5 (10)
Adur 9.3 (6), 3.1 (2)
Richmondshire 9.3 (5), 7.4 (4)
Milton Keynes 9.3 (25), 7.1 (19)
Bexley 9.3 (23), 4.4 (11)
Nuneaton and Bedworth 9.2 (12), 11.5 (15)
Sheffield 9.2 (54), 16.4 (96)
Staffordshire Moorlands 9.1 (9), 9.1 (9)
Sevenoaks 9.1 (11), 5.0 (6)
Runnymede 8.9 (8), 7.8 (7)
Cannock Chase 8.9 (9), 3.0 (3)
Gateshead 8.9 (18), 8.4 (17)
Merton 8.7 (18), 10.7 (22)
Bedford 8.7 (15), 9.8 (17)
Reading 8.7 (14), 6.8 (11)
Hastings 8.6 (8), 3.2 (3)
Derby 8.6 (22), 6.6 (17)
Redbridge 8.5 (26), 7.9 (24)
East Northamptonshire 8.5 (8), 10.6 (10)
Chorley 8.5 (10), 10.2 (12)
Chelmsford 8.4 (15), 5.0 (9)
Rushcliffe 8.4 (10), 5.9 (7)
New Forest 8.3 (15), 4.4 (8)
St. Helens 8.3 (15), 12.2 (22)
Chichester 8.3 (10), 0.8 (1)
Gosport 8.3 (7), 0.0 (0)
North Hertfordshire 8.2 (11), 6.7 (9)
Newham 8.2 (29), 12.2 (43)
East Hampshire 8.2 (10), 4.9 (6)
County Durham 8.1 (43), 10.2 (54)
Barnsley 8.1 (20), 18.2 (45)
Harrogate 8.1 (13), 7.5 (12)
Cheshire East 8.1 (31), 10.4 (40)
Mole Valley 8.0 (7), 2.3 (2)
Sunderland 7.9 (22), 6.8 (19)
Kingston upon Thames 7.9 (14), 13.5 (24)
Cheshire West and Chester 7.9 (27), 5.8 (20)
Solihull 7.9 (17), 8.8 (19)
Mendip 7.8 (9), 4.3 (5)
South Oxfordshire 7.7 (11), 8.4 (12)
Wychavon 7.7 (10), 3.9 (5)
Plymouth 7.6 (20), 3.1 (8)
Hertsmere 7.6 (8), 7.6 (8)
Central Bedfordshire 7.6 (22), 8.3 (24)
Lancaster 7.5 (11), 1.4 (2)
Shropshire 7.4 (24), 6.2 (20)
Copeland 7.3 (5), 2.9 (2)
East Riding of Yorkshire 7.3 (25), 2.9 (10)
Brent 7.3 (24), 10.0 (33)
Croydon 7.2 (28), 6.5 (25)
Broxbourne 7.2 (7), 8.2 (8)
Blackpool 7.2 (10), 11.5 (16)
Allerdale 7.2 (7), 15.3 (15)
Dudley 7.2 (23), 5.9 (19)
Spelthorne 7.0 (7), 11.0 (11)
Bromsgrove 7.0 (7), 7.0 (7)
Daventry 7.0 (6), 5.8 (5)
Horsham 7.0 (10), 4.2 (6)
Erewash 6.9 (8), 4.3 (5)
Brighton and Hove 6.9 (20), 4.5 (13)
Rochford 6.9 (6), 1.1 (1)
Exeter 6.8 (9), 1.5 (2)
Tandridge 6.8 (6), 1.1 (1)
Reigate and Banstead 6.7 (10), 5.4 (8)
Cotswold 6.7 (6), 1.1 (1)
Telford and Wrekin 6.7 (12), 16.1 (29)
Stroud 6.7 (8), 3.3 (4)
Uttlesford 6.6 (6), 9.9 (9)
Gravesham 6.5 (7), 7.5 (8)
Welwyn Hatfield 6.5 (8), 7.3 (9)
Cambridge 6.4 (8), 7.2 (9)
Hartlepool 6.4 (6), 8.5 (8)
Harborough 6.4 (6), 6.4 (6)
Southampton 6.3 (16), 4.0 (10)
Crawley 6.2 (7), 8.0 (9)
Bolsover 6.2 (5), 5.0 (4)
Fylde 6.2 (5), 9.9 (8)
Hinckley and Bosworth 6.2 (7), 7.1 (8)
Hart 6.2 (6), 3.1 (3)
North Devon 6.2 (6), 2.1 (2)
Portsmouth 6.0 (13), 3.3 (7)
Cheltenham 6.0 (7), 8.6 (10)
Aylesbury Vale 6.0 (12), 7.5 (15)
Knowsley 6.0 (9), 8.6 (13)
Charnwood 5.9 (11), 10.2 (19)
Tunbridge Wells 5.9 (7), 2.5 (3)
Melton 5.9 (3), 25.4 (13)
Wokingham 5.8 (10), 3.5 (6)
North Lincolnshire 5.8 (10), 3.5 (6)
North West Leicestershire 5.8 (6), 1.9 (2)
South Hams 5.7 (5), 0.0 (0)
Wycombe 5.7 (10), 6.9 (12)
Bracknell Forest 5.7 (7), 4.9 (6)
Herefordshire 5.7 (11), 4.7 (9)
Norwich 5.7 (8), 3.6 (5)
Rotherham 5.7 (15), 15.1 (40)
Huntingdonshire 5.6 (10), 7.9 (14)
Winchester 5.6 (7), 2.4 (3)
East Cambridgeshire 5.6 (5), 5.6 (5)
Warwick 5.6 (8), 4.9 (7)
Greenwich 5.6 (16), 4.9 (14)
Rugby 5.5 (6), 11.0 (12)
Mansfield 5.5 (6), 5.5 (6)
East Devon 5.5 (8), 4.8 (7)
St Albans 5.4 (8), 9.4 (14)
Stratford-on-Avon 5.4 (7), 4.6 (6)
Wyre 5.4 (6), 9.8 (11)
Basildon 5.3 (10), 2.7 (5)
South Staffordshire 5.3 (6), 2.7 (3)
Dartford 5.3 (6), 8.9 (10)
North Tyneside 5.3 (11), 7.7 (16)
West Lancashire 5.2 (6), 6.1 (7)
York 5.2 (11), 3.8 (8)
Rother 5.2 (5), 2.1 (2)
West Berkshire 5.0 (8), 6.9 (11)
Epsom and Ewell 5.0 (4), 6.2 (5)
Woking 5.0 (5), 18.9 (19)
Wyre Forest 4.9 (5), 6.9 (7)
Southend-on-Sea 4.9 (9), 3.8 (7)
Maldon 4.6 (3), 1.5 (1)
Harlow 4.6 (4), 4.6 (4)
Braintree 4.6 (7), 1.3 (2)
Basingstoke and Deane 4.5 (8), 1.1 (2)
Worthing 4.5 (5), 2.7 (3)
Teignbridge 4.5 (6), 1.5 (2)
Stafford 4.4 (6), 5.1 (7)
Medway 4.3 (12), 1.4 (4)
South Norfolk 4.3 (6), 2.8 (4)
East Lindsey 4.2 (6), 1.4 (2)
South Northamptonshire 4.2 (4), 3.2 (3)
Dover 4.2 (5), 5.1 (6)
East Staffordshire 4.2 (5), 21.7 (26)
South Somerset 4.2 (7), 1.2 (2)
Derbyshire Dales 4.1 (3), 1.4 (1)
Maidstone 4.1 (7), 4.1 (7)
Sedgemoor 4.1 (5), 3.2 (4)
Lincoln 4.0 (4), 14.1 (14)
Thurrock 4.0 (7), 4.6 (8)
Wiltshire 4.0 (20), 5.6 (28)
Havant 4.0 (5), 4.0 (5)
Worcester 4.0 (4), 2.0 (2)
Fenland 3.9 (4), 3.9 (4)
Tamworth 3.9 (3), 3.9 (3)
West Suffolk 3.9 (7), 4.5 (8)
Gloucester 3.9 (5), 3.9 (5)
Halton 3.9 (5), 6.2 (8)
Doncaster 3.8 (12), 2.6 (8)
Malvern Hills 3.8 (3), 3.8 (3)
Tonbridge and Malling 3.8 (5), 4.5 (6)
North East Lincolnshire 3.8 (6), 6.3 (10)
Dorset 3.7 (14), 2.9 (11)
South Ribble 3.6 (4), 12.6 (14)
Thanet 3.5 (5), 3.5 (5)
Craven 3.5 (2), 29.8 (17)
Fareham 3.4 (4), 6.9 (8)
Stevenage 3.4 (3), 8.0 (7)
Tendring 3.4 (5), 3.4 (5)
Surrey Heath 3.4 (3), 6.7 (6)
Selby 3.3 (3), 7.7 (7)
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 3.3 (5), 0.7 (1)
Test Valley 3.2 (4), 6.3 (8)
Tewkesbury 3.2 (3), 4.2 (4)
South Cambridgeshire 3.1 (5), 3.1 (5)
Arun 3.1 (5), 3.7 (6)
Hull 3.1 (8), 6.2 (16)
North Warwickshire 3.1 (2), 7.7 (5)
North East Derbyshire 3.0 (3), 6.9 (7)
Ipswich 2.9 (4), 3.7 (5)
Warrington 2.9 (6), 5.2 (11)
Boston 2.9 (2), 0.0 (0)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2.8 (16), 1.7 (10)
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2.8 (11), 5.3 (21)
Scarborough 2.8 (3), 2.8 (3)
West Oxfordshire 2.7 (3), 6.3 (7)
Colchester 2.6 (5), 4.1 (8)
Stockton-on-Tees 2.5 (5), 3.5 (7)
Canterbury 2.4 (4), 3.0 (5)
East Suffolk 2.4 (6), 1.6 (4)
Ashfield 2.3 (3), 11.7 (15)
Amber Valley 2.3 (3), 7.0 (9)
Broadland 2.3 (3), 3.8 (5)
Eastleigh 2.2 (3), 6.0 (8)
Castle Point 2.2 (2), 3.3 (3)
Hambleton 2.2 (2), 3.3 (3)
Babergh 2.2 (2), 1.1 (1)
Swale 2.0 (3), 1.3 (2)
Lewes 1.9 (2), 7.7 (8)
Somerset West and Taunton 1.9 (3), 3.9 (6)
Eastbourne 1.9 (2), 4.8 (5)
Mid Suffolk 1.9 (2), 6.7 (7)
Lichfield 1.9 (2), 1.9 (2)
South Lakeland 1.9 (2), 4.8 (5)
Eden 1.9 (1), 9.4 (5)
Darlington 1.9 (2), 1.9 (2)
North Somerset 1.9 (4), 2.8 (6)
Ryedale 1.8 (1), 5.4 (3)
Torridge 1.5 (1), 0.0 (0)
Isle of Wight 1.4 (2), 1.4 (2)
South Kesteven 1.4 (2), 8.4 (12)
Wealden 1.2 (2), 3.7 (6)
South Holland 1.1 (1), 3.2 (3)
West Lindsey 1.0 (1), 4.2 (4)
Chesterfield 1.0 (1), 6.7 (7)
North Kesteven 0.9 (1), 4.3 (5)
Barrow-in-Furness 0.0 (0), 6.0 (4)
Ashford 0.0 (0), 3.8 (5)
North Norfolk 0.0 (0), 3.8 (4)
Forest of Dean 0.0 (0), 3.5 (3)
South Derbyshire 0.0 (0), 2.8 (3)
West Devon 0.0 (0), 0.0 (0)