Here is Friday’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 September 22, 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 23-25) has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be revised.

In Bolton, 696 new cases were recorded in the seven days to September 22 – the equivalent of 242.0 per 100,000 people.

Bolton continues to record the highest rate in England, up from 197.5 in the seven days to September 15.

Burnley has the second highest rate, up from 113.6 to 233.9 with 208 new cases.

Knowsley is in third place, where the rate has risen from 125.3 to 230.7, with 348 new cases.

Other areas recording sharp increases in their seven-day rates include:

– Newcastle upon Tyne (up from 74.0 to 208.7, with 632 new cases)

– Halton (up from 100.5 to 206.3, with 267 new cases)

– Liverpool (up from 124.5 to 227.3 with 1,132 new cases)

– Pendle (up from 91.2 to 192.2 with 177 new cases)

– Sunderland (up from 75.6 to 173.9, with 483 new cases)

The list has been calculated by the PA news agency and is based on Public Health England data published on September 25 on the Government’s coronavirus 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 22; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to September 22; rate of new cases in the seven days to September 15; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to September 15.

Bolton 242.0 (696), 197.5 (568)
Burnley 233.9 (208), 113.6 (101)
Knowsley 230.7 (348), 125.3 (189)
Liverpool 227.3 (1132), 124.5 (620)
Newcastle upon Tyne 208.7 (632), 74.0 (224)
Blackburn with Darwen 207.1 (310), 110.2 (165)
Halton 206.3 (267), 100.5 (130)
South Tyneside 199.4 (301), 126.5 (191)
Bury 195.3 (373), 119.9 (229)
Pendle 192.2 (177), 91.2 (84)
Manchester 185.6 (1026), 93.2 (515)
Preston 184.4 (264), 142.5 (204)
Hyndburn 183.9 (149), 146.8 (119)
Rochdale 175.4 (390), 94.9 (211)
Oldham 175.0 (415), 119.8 (284)
Sunderland 173.9 (483), 75.6 (210)
Wirral 156.5 (507), 113.3 (367)
Bradford 154.1 (832), 101.7 (549)
Gateshead 153.9 (311), 85.6 (173)
St. Helens 151.2 (273), 104.1 (188)
Warrington 150.0 (315), 99.5 (209)
Salford 149.9 (388), 103.9 (269)
Birmingham 144.3 (1648), 80.0 (914)
Sefton 143.6 (397), 67.3 (186)
Rossendale 141.3 (101), 134.3 (96)
Tameside 140.8 (319), 98.9 (224)
Wigan 122.6 (403), 62.4 (205)
Leicester 118.0 (418), 88.1 (312)
North Tyneside 115.4 (240), 52.4 (109)
Leeds 113.3 (899), 81.8 (649)
Northumberland 112.9 (364), 35.7 (115)
Sandwell 109.9 (361), 56.0 (184)
Hartlepool 104.6 (98), 44.8 (42)
Kirklees 100.7 (443), 74.8 (329)
Oadby and Wigston 89.5 (51), 105.2 (60)
Calderdale 84.7 (179), 47.8 (101)
Craven 84.0 (48), 50.8 (29)
Fylde 81.7 (66), 38.4 (31)
Trafford 80.5 (191), 48.9 (116)
Middlesbrough 79.4 (112), 30.5 (43)
County Durham 78.9 (418), 40.6 (215)
Walsall 77.4 (221), 37.1 (106)
Stockport 77.4 (227), 49.1 (144)
Solihull 74.4 (161), 69.8 (151)
West Lancashire 74.4 (85), 43.7 (50)
Wolverhampton 74.0 (195), 47.8 (126)
Sheffield 72.0 (421), 42.9 (251)
Blackpool 69.6 (97), 48.8 (68)
Barrow-in-Furness 65.6 (44), 52.2 (35)
Rotherham 65.2 (173), 40.3 (107)
Coventry 64.1 (238), 34.5 (128)
Rugby 63.3 (69), 59.7 (65)
Stockton-on-Tees 61.8 (122), 27.4 (54)
Chorley 60.9 (72), 44.8 (53)
Ribble Valley 59.1 (36), 29.6 (18)
Luton 58.7 (125), 23.9 (51)
South Ribble 57.8 (64), 48.7 (54)
Redbridge 55.4 (169), 44.6 (136)
Selby 54.1 (49), 54.1 (49)
Wakefield 53.4 (186), 33.3 (116)
Cheshire West and Chester 51.3 (176), 28.0 (96)
Barking and Dagenham 51.2 (109), 31.9 (68)
Richmondshire 50.3 (27), 14.9 (8)
Wyre 50.0 (56), 55.3 (62)
York 49.9 (105), 33.7 (71)
Redcar and Cleveland 49.6 (68), 16.0 (22)
Blaby 48.3 (49), 71.9 (73)
Nuneaton and Bedworth 45.4 (59), 26.2 (34)
Doncaster 45.2 (141), 29.2 (91)
Dudley 44.5 (143), 27.4 (88)
Charnwood 44.1 (82), 43.0 (80)
Harrogate 43.5 (70), 18.0 (29)
High Peak 43.2 (40), 45.3 (42)
Darlington 43.1 (46), 23.4 (25)
Hambleton 42.6 (39), 31.7 (29)
Tower Hamlets 42.2 (137), 22.2 (72)
Nottingham 40.9 (136), 29.4 (98)
Slough 40.8 (61), 17.4 (26)
Cheshire East 40.6 (156), 23.9 (92)
South Staffordshire 40.0 (45), 24.9 (28)
Amber Valley 39.8 (51), 21.1 (27)
Newham 39.6 (140), 26.3 (93)
Lincoln 39.3 (39), 17.1 (17)
Derby 38.9 (100), 26.0 (67)
Bedford 38.7 (67), 17.9 (31)
Hillingdon 38.1 (117), 21.5 (66)
Waltham Forest 37.9 (105), 26.4 (73)
Barnsley 37.7 (93), 24.7 (61)
Brentwood 37.7 (29), 10.4 (8)
Havering 37.4 (97), 27.7 (72)
Scarborough 36.8 (40), 28.5 (31)
North Warwickshire 36.8 (24), 12.3 (8)
Wyre Forest 36.5 (37), 22.7 (23)
Exeter 36.5 (48), 9.9 (13)
Erewash 36.4 (42), 11.3 (13)
St Albans 36.4 (54), 36.4 (54)
Stoke-on-Trent 36.3 (93), 32.8 (84)
Newark and Sherwood 35.9 (44), 15.5 (19)
Worcester 35.6 (36), 13.8 (14)
North Lincolnshire 35.4 (61), 18.0 (31)
Hertsmere 35.3 (37), 41.0 (43)
Harborough 35.2 (33), 26.7 (25)
Broxbourne 35.0 (34), 39.1 (38)
Lancaster 34.2 (50), 23.3 (34)
Epping Forest 34.2 (45), 19.0 (25)
Southwark 33.6 (107), 18.5 (59)
Runnymede 33.5 (30), 29.1 (26)
Broxtowe 33.3 (38), 28.9 (33)
Corby 33.2 (24), 23.5 (17)
Ealing 33.1 (113), 21.9 (75)
Brent 32.4 (107), 21.8 (72)
Bolsover 32.3 (26), 31.0 (25)
Ashfield 32.1 (41), 23.5 (30)
Oxford 31.5 (48), 21.6 (33)
Stafford 31.3 (43), 30.6 (42)
Redditch 30.5 (26), 12.9 (11)
Tamworth 30.0 (23), 26.1 (20)
Haringey 29.8 (80), 23.5 (63)
Carlisle 29.4 (32), 5.5 (6)
Enfield 29.4 (98), 25.5 (85)
West Lindsey 29.3 (28), 19.9 (19)
Hinckley and Bosworth 29.2 (33), 24.7 (28)
Gravesham 29.0 (31), 9.4 (10)
Worthing 28.9 (32), 20.8 (23)
Cannock Chase 28.8 (29), 20.8 (21)
Harrow 28.7 (72), 22.3 (56)
North East Derbyshire 28.6 (29), 20.7 (21)
Northampton 28.5 (64), 26.3 (59)
Bromsgrove 28.0 (28), 23.0 (23)
South Derbyshire 28.0 (30), 16.8 (18)
Bexley 27.8 (69), 11.7 (29)
Lichfield 27.7 (29), 22.0 (23)
Islington 27.6 (67), 17.7 (43)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 27.6 (158), 10.3 (59)
South Lakeland 27.6 (29), 11.4 (12)
East Riding of Yorkshire 27.6 (94), 19.3 (66)
Mansfield 27.4 (30), 23.8 (26)
Hounslow 27.3 (74), 36.8 (100)
Castle Point 26.6 (24), 28.8 (26)
Copeland 26.4 (18), 19.1 (13)
Gloucester 26.3 (34), 10.1 (13)
Barnet 26.3 (104), 22.0 (87)
Wychavon 26.3 (34), 9.3 (12)
Wandsworth 26.1 (86), 20.0 (66)
North West Leicestershire 26.1 (27), 4.8 (5)
Rushcliffe 26.0 (31), 41.1 (49)
Hammersmith and Fulham 25.9 (48), 21.1 (39)
North Somerset 25.6 (55), 15.3 (33)
Waverley 25.3 (32), 7.9 (10)
Peterborough 25.2 (51), 17.3 (35)
Shropshire 25.1 (81), 10.8 (35)
Telford and Wrekin 25.0 (45), 11.1 (20)
Watford 24.9 (24), 24.9 (24)
Lambeth 24.8 (81), 22.1 (72)
Allerdale 24.5 (24), 13.3 (13)
South Bucks 24.3 (17), 12.8 (9)
East Staffordshire 24.2 (29), 25.9 (31)
Westminster 24.1 (63), 16.8 (44)
Hackney and City of London 23.7 (69), 26.8 (78)
Plymouth 23.7 (62), 17.9 (47)
Three Rivers 23.6 (22), 12.9 (12)
Central Bedfordshire 23.6 (68), 16.3 (47)
Surrey Heath 23.5 (21), 7.8 (7)
Basildon 23.5 (44), 15.5 (29)
Wycombe 23.5 (41), 13.7 (24)
Stratford-on-Avon 23.1 (30), 12.3 (16)
Harlow 23.0 (20), 18.4 (16)
Wellingborough 22.6 (18), 16.3 (13)
Newcastle-under-Lyme 22.4 (29), 17.8 (23)
Great Yarmouth 22.1 (22), 19.1 (19)
Windsor and Maidenhead 21.8 (33), 40.9 (62)
Adur 21.8 (14), 17.1 (11)
Warwick 21.6 (31), 18.8 (27)
Sutton 21.3 (44), 12.1 (25)
Southend-on-Sea 21.3 (39), 15.8 (29)
Kingston upon Thames 20.8 (37), 16.3 (29)
Uttlesford 20.8 (19), 9.9 (9)
Derbyshire Dales 20.7 (15), 8.3 (6)
Bracknell Forest 20.4 (25), 22.0 (27)
Greenwich 20.1 (58), 17.7 (51)
North East Lincolnshire 20.1 (32), 7.5 (12)
Spelthorne 20.0 (20), 24.0 (24)
Chesterfield 20.0 (21), 13.3 (14)
Woking 19.8 (20), 16.9 (17)
Cheltenham 19.8 (23), 12.9 (15)
Milton Keynes 19.7 (53), 12.2 (33)
Camden 19.6 (53), 20.7 (56)
Rochford 19.5 (17), 12.6 (11)
Bristol, City of 19.0 (88), 11.4 (53)
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 19.0 (75), 16.4 (65)
Lewisham 19.0 (58), 17.0 (52)
Eden 18.8 (10), 13.1 (7)
Welwyn Hatfield 18.7 (23), 17.1 (21)
Kettering 18.7 (19), 25.5 (26)
Stroud 18.3 (22), 4.2 (5)
Staffordshire Moorlands 18.3 (18), 17.3 (17)
Elmbridge 18.3 (25), 10.2 (14)
Portsmouth 18.1 (39), 8.8 (19)
Kingston upon Hull, City of 18.1 (47), 7.3 (19)
North Kesteven 18.0 (21), 17.1 (20)
Kensington and Chelsea 17.9 (28), 26.3 (41)
Gedling 17.8 (21), 16.1 (19)
Thurrock 17.8 (31), 9.8 (17)
Bromley 17.8 (59), 13.5 (45)
Tunbridge Wells 17.7 (21), 12.6 (15)
Bath and North East Somerset 17.6 (34), 9.3 (18)
Daventry 17.5 (15), 12.8 (11)
East Hertfordshire 17.4 (26), 10.7 (16)
Croydon 17.3 (67), 12.2 (47)
Reading 17.3 (28), 7.4 (12)
Stevenage 17.1 (15), 36.4 (32)
Norwich 17.1 (24), 8.5 (12)
Bassetlaw 17.0 (20), 8.5 (10)
Tandridge 17.0 (15), 11.3 (10)
Tonbridge and Malling 16.6 (22), 8.3 (11)
West Berkshire 16.4 (26), 6.3 (10)
Canterbury 16.3 (27), 8.5 (14)
South Kesteven 16.1 (23), 19.7 (28)
South Hams 16.1 (14), 2.3 (2)
Colchester 15.9 (31), 7.2 (14)
Wokingham 15.8 (27), 8.2 (14)
Richmond upon Thames 15.7 (31), 15.2 (30)
Malvern Hills 15.2 (12), 12.7 (10)
Epsom and Ewell 14.9 (12), 14.9 (12)
South Northamptonshire 14.8 (14), 10.6 (10)
Medway 14.7 (41), 7.9 (22)
Southampton 14.7 (37), 9.5 (24)
Fareham 14.6 (17), 6.9 (8)
Merton 14.5 (30), 16.5 (34)
Ryedale 14.4 (8), 9.0 (5)
Havant 14.3 (18), 17.4 (22)
East Northamptonshire 13.8 (13), 15.9 (15)
Rushmoor 13.7 (13), 18.0 (17)
Melton 13.7 (7), 11.7 (6)
Dacorum 13.6 (21), 9.0 (14)
Chiltern 13.6 (13), 11.5 (11)
North Hertfordshire 13.5 (18), 18.7 (25)
Guildford 13.4 (20), 10.1 (15)
South Gloucestershire 13.3 (38), 16.5 (47)
Vale of White Horse 13.2 (18), 11.0 (15)
Swindon 13.1 (29), 8.6 (19)
Basingstoke and Deane 13.0 (23), 3.4 (6)
Boston 12.8 (9), 5.7 (4)
Cambridge 12.8 (16), 7.2 (9)
Test Valley 12.7 (16), 10.3 (13)
Cherwell 12.6 (19), 18.6 (28)
Mendip 12.1 (14), 13.8 (16)
Aylesbury Vale 12.0 (24), 11.0 (22)
Horsham 11.8 (17), 16.7 (24)
New Forest 11.7 (21), 7.8 (14)
Tewkesbury 11.6 (11), 9.5 (9)
Dartford 11.5 (13), 16.0 (18)
Reigate and Banstead 11.4 (17), 16.8 (25)
Hart 11.3 (11), 8.2 (8)
Huntingdonshire 11.2 (20), 10.1 (18)
Chelmsford 11.2 (20), 7.8 (14)
Arun 11.2 (18), 10.6 (17)
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 10.6 (16), 4.6 (7)
Wiltshire 10.2 (51), 9.4 (47)
South Cambridgeshire 10.1 (16), 9.4 (15)
Rutland 10.0 (4), 10.0 (4)
Ashford 10.0 (13), 4.6 (6)
Sevenoaks 9.9 (12), 5.0 (6)
East Lindsey 9.9 (14), 12.7 (18)
Hastings 9.7 (9), 7.6 (7)
West Suffolk 9.5 (17), 17.9 (32)
Brighton and Hove 9.3 (27), 22.3 (65)
South Oxfordshire 9.2 (13), 8.4 (12)
East Hampshire 9.0 (11), 9.0 (11)
Sedgemoor 8.9 (11), 7.3 (9)
Crawley 8.9 (10), 6.2 (7)
Folkestone and Hythe 8.8 (10), 6.2 (7)
Torbay 8.8 (12), 1.5 (2)
Ipswich 8.8 (12), 7.3 (10)
Maidstone 8.7 (15), 5.8 (10)
Lewes 8.7 (9), 3.9 (4)
Eastbourne 8.7 (9), 6.7 (7)
Mid Sussex 8.6 (13), 7.9 (12)
Broadland 8.4 (11), 6.1 (8)
West Oxfordshire 8.1 (9), 9.9 (11)
Mole Valley 8.0 (7), 6.9 (6)
Swale 8.0 (12), 14.0 (21)
Braintree 7.9 (12), 6.6 (10)
Breckland 7.9 (11), 9.3 (13)
Fenland 7.9 (8), 6.9 (7)
East Devon 7.5 (11), 4.8 (7)
Chichester 7.4 (9), 13.2 (16)
South Holland 7.4 (7), 3.2 (3)
Herefordshire, County of 7.3 (14), 13.5 (26)
Gosport 7.1 (6), 5.9 (5)
Forest of Dean 6.9 (6), 12.7 (11)
Tendring 6.8 (10), 4.8 (7)
Mid Suffolk 6.7 (7), 6.7 (7)
Babergh 6.5 (6), 3.3 (3)
Somerset West and Taunton 6.4 (10), 3.2 (5)
East Suffolk 6.4 (16), 3.6 (9)
Dorset 6.1 (23), 5.5 (21)
Eastleigh 6.0 (8), 3.0 (4)
South Norfolk 5.7 (8), 6.4 (9)
Winchester 5.6 (7), 8.0 (10)
South Somerset 5.3 (9), 5.9 (10)
Rother 5.2 (5), 4.2 (4)
North Devon 5.1 (5), 4.1 (4)
Isle of Wight 4.9 (7), 4.2 (6)
Maldon 4.6 (3), 4.6 (3)
Teignbridge 4.5 (6), 4.5 (6)
Cotswold 4.5 (4), 6.7 (6)
Wealden 3.7 (6), 8.7 (14)
West Devon 3.6 (2), 3.6 (2)
North Norfolk 2.9 (3), 0.0 (0)
Thanet 2.8 (4), 7.8 (11)
Mid Devon 2.4 (2), 4.9 (4)
Dover 1.7 (2), 4.2 (5)
East Cambridgeshire 1.1 (1), 2.2 (2)
Torridge 0.0 (0), 10.3 (7)