Here is Saturday’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 23, 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 24-26) has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be revised.

In Burnley, 228 new cases were recorded in the seven days to September 23 – the equivalent of 256.4 per 100,000 people.

Burnley has the highest rate in England, up from 145.1 in the seven days to September 16.

Liverpool has the second highest rate, up from 131.1 to 243.8 with 1,214 new cases.

Knowsley is in third place, where the rate has risen from 132.6 to 241.9, with 365 new cases.

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

– Newcastle upon Tyne (up from 87.2 to 228.8, with 693 new cases)

– Pendle (up from 97.7 to 203.0 with 187 new cases)

– Sunderland (up from 78.9 to 180.0, with 500 new cases)

– Halton (up from 125.2 to 214.0 with 277 new cases)

– Sefton (up from 74.2 to 162.8, with 450 new cases)

The list has been calculated by the PA news agency and is based on Public Health England data published on September 26 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 23; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to September 23; rate of new cases in the seven days to September 16; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to September 16.

Burnley 256.4 (228), 145.1 (129)
Liverpool 243.8 (1214), 131.1 (653)
Knowsley 241.9 (365), 132.6 (200)
Bolton 235.1 (676), 199.6 (574)
Newcastle upon Tyne 228.8 (693), 87.2 (264)
Halton 214.0 (277), 125.2 (162)
South Tyneside 210.0 (317), 129.8 (196)
Pendle 203.0 (187), 97.7 (90)
Bury 193.2 (369), 132.5 (253)
Blackburn with Darwen 193.1 (289), 128.3 (192)
Manchester 190.1 (1051), 110.5 (611)
Preston 182.3 (261), 157.9 (226)
Sunderland 180.0 (500), 78.9 (219)
Rochdale 175.8 (391), 107.0 (238)
Hyndburn 175.2 (142), 164.1 (133)
Oldham 171.2 (406), 132.8 (315)
Warrington 164.8 (346), 102.9 (216)
Sefton 162.8 (450), 74.2 (205)
St Helens 158.9 (287), 114.1 (206)
Wirral 156.2 (506), 117.9 (382)
Gateshead 151.4 (306), 89.1 (180)
Bradford 150.6 (813), 109.7 (592)
Birmingham 149.2 (1704), 82.2 (939)
Salford 142.9 (370), 112.4 (291)
Tameside 142.6 (323), 111.7 (253)
Northumberland 130.9 (422), 43.4 (140)
North Tyneside 128.9 (268), 54.8 (114)
Rossendale 128.7 (92), 158.1 (113)
Wigan 126.6 (416), 73.0 (240)
Leicester 117.2 (415), 87.0 (308)
Sandwell 112.7 (370), 56.6 (186)
Leeds 111.3 (883), 87.9 (697)
Hartlepool 107.8 (101), 48.0 (45)
Craven 96.3 (55), 54.3 (31)
Kirklees 95.7 (421), 82.8 (364)
Oadby and Wigston 89.5 (51), 93.0 (53)
Middlesbrough 87.2 (123), 28.4 (40)
County Durham 86.8 (460), 39.8 (211)
Fylde 86.7 (70), 43.3 (35)
Calderdale 86.5 (183), 51.1 (108)
Stockport 81.8 (240), 53.2 (156)
West Lancashire 81.4 (93), 49.9 (57)
Trafford 80.5 (191), 55.6 (132)
Walsall 79.5 (227), 40.3 (115)
Solihull 78.6 (170), 67.9 (147)
Barrow-in-Furness 77.6 (52), 47.7 (32)
Ribble Valley 75.5 (46), 31.2 (19)
Sheffield 73.5 (430), 45.3 (265)
Wolverhampton 71.4 (188), 52.0 (137)
Coventry 70.3 (261), 34.2 (127)
Rotherham 68.9 (183), 40.3 (107)
Stockton-on-Tees 68.9 (136), 25.8 (51)
South Ribble 66.8 (74), 47.8 (53)
Chorley 65.1 (77), 42.3 (50)
Blackpool 63.8 (89), 56.7 (79)
Wakefield 60.6 (211), 33.3 (116)
Redbridge 60.3 (184), 44.6 (136)
Barking and Dagenham 60.1 (128), 30.5 (65)
Rugby 58.8 (64), 66.1 (72)
Luton 57.7 (123), 28.2 (60)
Richmondshire 57.7 (31), 16.8 (9)
Darlington 57.1 (61), 20.6 (22)
Selby 53.0 (48), 54.1 (49)
Redcar and Cleveland 51.0 (70), 17.5 (24)
Cheshire West and Chester 51.0 (175), 32.9 (113)
Wyre 50.9 (57), 61.6 (69)
York 50.8 (107), 34.2 (72)
Blaby 50.2 (51), 71.9 (73)
High Peak 49.6 (46), 44.2 (41)
Dudley 48.2 (155), 27.1 (87)
Slough 47.5 (71), 19.4 (29)
Nottingham 46.3 (154), 28.5 (95)
Tower Hamlets 46.2 (150), 21.2 (69)
Doncaster 45.5 (142), 35.3 (110)
Charnwood 44.7 (83), 42.0 (78)
Wyre Forest 44.4 (45), 22.7 (23)
Havering 43.9 (114), 27.4 (71)
Hambleton 43.7 (40), 34.9 (32)
Harrogate 43.5 (70), 21.1 (34)
Newham 43.0 (152), 24.6 (87)
Cheshire East 43.0 (165), 26.0 (100)
Bedford 42.1 (73), 17.9 (31)
Harborough 41.6 (39), 23.5 (22)
Scarborough 41.4 (45), 28.5 (31)
Hillingdon 41.1 (126), 23.5 (72)
Barnsley 40.9 (101), 23.5 (58)
Nuneaton and Bedworth 40.8 (53), 31.6 (41)
Amber Valley 39.8 (51), 23.4 (30)
Epping Forest 38.7 (51), 18.2 (24)
Derby 38.5 (99), 31.1 (80)
Lancaster 38.3 (56), 24.0 (35)
Ashfield 38.3 (49), 18.0 (23)
Stafford 37.9 (52), 27.7 (38)
Worcester 37.5 (38), 15.8 (16)
South Staffordshire 37.4 (42), 32.0 (36)
Exeter 37.3 (49), 10.7 (14)
Bolsover 37.2 (30), 23.6 (19)
Waltham Forest 37.2 (103), 30.3 (84)
North Lincolnshire 37.1 (64), 15.7 (27)
Newark and Sherwood 36.8 (45), 17.2 (21)
Brentwood 36.4 (28), 14.3 (11)
Brent 36.1 (119), 20.0 (66)
Stoke-on-Trent 35.9 (92), 32.0 (82)
Hounslow 35.7 (97), 33.9 (92)
Ealing 35.1 (120), 21.4 (73)
Broxtowe 35.1 (40), 24.6 (28)
St Albans 35.0 (52), 37.0 (55)
Carlisle 34.0 (37), 5.5 (6)
Bromsgrove 34.0 (34), 15.0 (15)
Broxbourne 33.9 (33), 39.1 (38)
Copeland 33.7 (23), 17.6 (12)
Southwark 33.6 (107), 19.8 (63)
Enfield 32.4 (108), 24.0 (80)
Oxford 32.1 (49), 22.3 (34)
Castle Point 32.1 (29), 25.4 (23)
Corby 31.8 (23), 23.5 (17)
Redditch 31.7 (27), 11.7 (10)
Harrow 31.5 (79), 20.7 (52)
Hertsmere 31.5 (33), 44.8 (47)
South Lakeland 31.4 (33), 10.5 (11)
Runnymede 31.3 (28), 30.2 (27)
Lincoln 31.2 (31), 28.2 (28)
East Riding of Yorkshire 30.8 (105), 16.1 (55)
Cannock Chase 30.8 (31), 18.9 (19)
North Warwickshire 30.6 (20), 26.0 (17)
Haringey 30.5 (82), 25.3 (68)
Islington 30.5 (74), 19.4 (47)
Bexley 30.2 (75), 10.9 (27)
Rushcliffe 30.2 (36), 35.2 (42)
Mansfield 30.2 (33), 21.0 (23)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 29.9 (171), 11.2 (64)
North East Derbyshire 29.6 (30), 25.6 (26)
Erewash 29.5 (34), 16.5 (19)
Hinckley and Bosworth 29.2 (33), 19.4 (22)
Gravesham 29.0 (31), 6.5 (7)
Surrey Heath 28.0 (25), 9.0 (8)
South Derbyshire 28.0 (30), 18.6 (20)
Barnet 27.8 (110), 20.0 (79)
Tamworth 27.4 (21), 27.4 (21)
Basildon 27.2 (51), 15.5 (29)
Great Yarmouth 27.2 (27), 21.1 (21)
West Lindsey 27.2 (26), 25.1 (24)
Northampton 27.2 (61), 25.8 (58)
Gloucester 27.1 (35), 10.8 (14)
Wandsworth 26.7 (88), 19.4 (64)
Telford and Wrekin 26.7 (48), 12.2 (22)
Lambeth 26.7 (87), 19.3 (63)
Harlow 26.4 (23), 16.1 (14)
Newcastle-under-Lyme 26.3 (34), 16.2 (21)
Hackney and City of London 26.1 (76), 23.4 (68)
Waverley 26.1 (33), 7.9 (10)
Plymouth 25.9 (68), 17.6 (46)
Watford 25.9 (25), 28.0 (27)
Woking 25.8 (26), 15.9 (16)
Three Rivers 25.7 (24), 16.1 (15)
North Somerset 25.6 (55), 15.3 (33)
Wychavon 25.5 (33), 7.7 (10)
Worthing 25.3 (28), 25.3 (28)
Wycombe 25.2 (44), 13.7 (24)
North West Leicestershire 25.1 (26), 5.8 (6)
Shropshire 25.1 (81), 11.8 (38)
Allerdale 24.5 (24), 15.3 (15)
North East Lincolnshire 24.4 (39), 5.6 (9)
Hammersmith and Fulham 24.3 (45), 24.8 (46)
South Bucks 24.3 (17), 12.8 (9)
Peterborough 24.2 (49), 14.3 (29)
Cheltenham 24.1 (28), 12.0 (14)
Spelthorne 24.0 (24), 15.0 (15)
Southend-on-Sea 24.0 (44), 13.7 (25)
North Kesteven 23.9 (28), 14.5 (17)
Central Bedfordshire 23.9 (69), 16.6 (48)
Lichfield 23.9 (25), 26.7 (28)
Windsor and Maidenhead 23.8 (36), 39.0 (59)
Westminster 23.7 (62), 18.0 (47)
Greenwich 23.6 (68), 15.6 (45)
Warwick 23.0 (33), 18.1 (26)
Portsmouth 22.8 (49), 7.4 (16)
East Staffordshire 22.5 (27), 23.4 (28)
Camden 22.2 (60), 20.4 (55)
Bracknell Forest 22.0 (27), 15.5 (19)
Bristol, City of 22.0 (102), 10.8 (50)
Wellingborough 21.3 (17), 17.6 (14)
Sutton 21.3 (44), 12.6 (26)
Stratford-on-Avon 20.8 (27), 16.1 (21)
Derbyshire Dales 20.7 (15), 9.7 (7)
Thurrock 20.6 (36), 9.8 (17)
Kettering 20.6 (21), 23.6 (24)
Rochford 20.6 (18), 8.0 (7)
Kingston upon Hull, City of 20.4 (53), 7.3 (19)
Malvern Hills 20.3 (16), 10.2 (8)
Kingston upon Thames 20.3 (36), 18.0 (32)
Ryedale 19.9 (11), 9.0 (5)
Uttlesford 19.7 (18), 16.4 (15)
Bath and North East Somerset 19.7 (38), 8.8 (17)
Lewisham 19.3 (59), 18.3 (56)
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 19.2 (76), 16.4 (65)
Chesterfield 19.1 (20), 12.4 (13)
Elmbridge 19.0 (26), 8.8 (12)
Milton Keynes 18.9 (51), 15.6 (42)
Richmond upon Thames 18.7 (37), 12.6 (25)
Bromley 18.7 (62), 12.9 (43)
Kensington and Chelsea 18.6 (29), 23.1 (36)
Reading 18.5 (30), 6.8 (11)
Stroud 18.3 (22), 4.2 (5)
Staffordshire Moorlands 18.3 (18), 18.3 (18)
Havant 18.2 (23), 14.3 (18)
Wokingham 18.1 (31), 8.8 (15)
East Hertfordshire 18.0 (27), 10.7 (16)
Norwich 17.8 (25), 7.1 (10)
Chiltern 17.7 (17), 10.4 (10)
Tunbridge Wells 17.7 (21), 13.5 (16)
Croydon 17.6 (68), 11.9 (46)
South Kesteven 17.6 (25), 15.4 (22)
Adur 17.1 (11), 20.2 (13)
Welwyn Hatfield 17.1 (21), 17.1 (21)
West Berkshire 17.0 (27), 6.3 (10)
Bassetlaw 17.0 (20), 10.2 (12)
Gedling 17.0 (20), 17.8 (21)
East Northamptonshire 16.9 (16), 12.7 (12)
Southampton 16.2 (41), 9.5 (24)
Dacorum 16.2 (25), 8.4 (13)
South Hams 16.1 (14), 3.4 (3)
Dartford 16.0 (18), 13.3 (15)
Stevenage 15.9 (14), 30.7 (27)
North Hertfordshire 15.7 (21), 19.5 (26)
Merton 15.5 (32), 17.9 (37)
Daventry 15.1 (13), 11.6 (10)
Rushmoor 14.8 (14), 20.1 (19)
Guildford 14.8 (22), 10.1 (15)
Canterbury 14.5 (24), 9.1 (15)
Swindon 14.4 (32), 7.7 (17)
Medway 14.4 (40), 8.3 (23)
New Forest 13.9 (25), 6.7 (12)
Colchester 13.9 (27), 8.2 (16)
Mendip 13.8 (16), 13.0 (15)
South Northamptonshire 13.8 (13), 12.7 (12)
Tewkesbury 13.7 (13), 6.3 (6)
South Gloucestershire 13.7 (39), 17.5 (50)
Cambridge 13.6 (17), 8.8 (11)
Tonbridge and Malling 13.6 (18), 8.3 (11)
Tandridge 13.6 (12), 15.9 (14)
Huntingdonshire 13.5 (24), 10.1 (18)
Crawley 13.3 (15), 6.2 (7)
Sevenoaks 13.3 (16), 5.0 (6)
Aylesbury Vale 13.0 (26), 11.5 (23)
Fareham 12.9 (15), 7.7 (9)
Vale of White Horse 12.5 (17), 10.3 (14)
Melton 11.7 (6), 9.8 (5)
Folkestone and Hythe 11.5 (13), 6.2 (7)
Mole Valley 11.5 (10), 4.6 (4)
East Hampshire 11.4 (14), 9.0 (11)
Boston 11.4 (8), 7.1 (5)
Basingstoke and Deane 11.3 (20), 2.8 (5)
East Lindsey 11.3 (16), 9.9 (14)
Eden 11.3 (6), 16.9 (9)
Epsom and Ewell 11.2 (9), 17.4 (14)
Test Valley 11.1 (14), 10.3 (13)
Torbay 11.0 (15), 2.9 (4)
Hastings 10.8 (10), 3.2 (3)
Broadland 10.7 (14), 6.9 (9)
Cherwell 10.6 (16), 19.9 (30)
Arun 10.6 (17), 10.0 (16)
Braintree 10.5 (16), 5.9 (9)
Horsham 10.4 (15), 14.6 (21)
Hart 10.3 (10), 7.2 (7)
Wiltshire 10.2 (51), 9.6 (48)
Chelmsford 10.1 (18), 10.1 (18)
Reigate and Banstead 10.1 (15), 12.8 (19)
South Cambridgeshire 10.1 (16), 9.4 (15)
Rutland 10.0 (4), 12.5 (5)
Breckland 10.0 (14), 7.1 (10)
Sedgemoor 9.7 (12), 8.1 (10)
Gosport 9.4 (8), 2.4 (2)
Swale 9.3 (14), 13.3 (20)
Mid Sussex 9.3 (14), 7.9 (12)
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 9.2 (14), 6.6 (10)
Ashford 9.2 (12), 6.2 (8)
Chichester 9.1 (11), 12.4 (15)
Fenland 8.8 (9), 7.9 (8)
Lewes 8.7 (9), 4.8 (5)
Eastbourne 8.7 (9), 5.8 (6)
Somerset West and Taunton 8.4 (13), 1.9 (3)
Herefordshire, County of 8.3 (16), 11.4 (22)
West Oxfordshire 8.1 (9), 8.1 (9)
Brighton and Hove 7.9 (23), 23.4 (68)
West Suffolk 7.8 (14), 17.3 (31)
South Oxfordshire 7.7 (11), 8.4 (12)
Maidstone 7.6 (13), 7.6 (13)
Ipswich 7.3 (10), 8.0 (11)
Winchester 7.2 (9), 5.6 (7)
North Devon 7.2 (7), 4.1 (4)
Forest of Dean 6.9 (6), 12.7 (11)
Dorset 6.9 (26), 6.1 (23)
East Devon 6.8 (10), 5.5 (8)
Mid Suffolk 6.7 (7), 6.7 (7)
Eastleigh 6.7 (9), 3.0 (4)
South Somerset 6.5 (11), 4.8 (8)
Babergh 6.5 (6), 3.3 (3)
South Norfolk 6.4 (9), 7.1 (10)
South Holland 6.3 (6), 4.2 (4)
Rother 6.2 (6), 4.2 (4)
Tendring 6.1 (9), 6.1 (9)
East Suffolk 6.0 (15), 3.6 (9)
Teignbridge 6.0 (8), 3.0 (4)
Isle of Wight 4.9 (7), 3.5 (5)
Maldon 4.6 (3), 6.2 (4)
Cotswold 4.5 (4), 7.8 (7)
Wealden 4.3 (7), 7.4 (12)
Thanet 4.2 (6), 7.0 (10)
West Devon 3.6 (2), 3.6 (2)
Torridge 2.9 (2), 8.8 (6)
Dover 2.5 (3), 3.4 (4)
Mid Devon 2.4 (2), 4.9 (4)
East Cambridgeshire 2.2 (2), 2.2 (2)
North Norfolk 1.9 (2), 1.0 (1)