Here is Tuesday’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 26, 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 27-29) has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be revised.

Burnley has the highest rate in England, with 279 new cases recorded in the seven days to September 26 – the equivalent of 313.8 cases per 100,000 people.

This is up sharply from 164.2 in the seven days to September 19.

Knowsley has the second highest rate, up from 177.6 to 283.0 with 427 new cases.

Liverpool is in third place, where the rate has jumped from 181.9 to 265.6 with 1,323 new cases.

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

– Newcastle upon Tyne (up from 129.8 to 258.2, with 782 new cases)

– Manchester (up from 156.8 to 217.1, with 1,200 new cases)

– St Helens (up from 119.1 to 202.1, with 365 new cases)

– Sunderland (up from 125.0 to 186.5, with 518 new cases)

The list has been calculated by the PA news agency and is based on Public Health England data published on September 29 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 26; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to September 26; rate of new cases in the seven days to September 19; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to September 19.

Burnley 313.8 (279), 164.2 (146)
Knowsley 283.0 (427), 177.6 (268)
Liverpool 265.6 (1323), 181.9 (906)
Newcastle upon Tyne 258.2 (782), 129.8 (393)
Halton 222.5 (288), 173.1 (224)
Manchester 217.1 (1200), 156.8 (867)
Pendle 212.8 (196), 152.0 (140)
Bolton 206.9 (595), 221.9 (638)
St Helens 202.1 (365), 119.1 (215)
Hyndburn 199.9 (162), 183.9 (149)
Bury 192.2 (367), 165.5 (316)
South Tyneside 190.8 (288), 167.6 (253)
Preston 187.9 (269), 180.2 (258)
Sunderland 186.5 (518), 125.0 (347)
Oldham 182.2 (432), 153.9 (365)
Sefton 179.4 (496), 111.8 (309)
Warrington 178.1 (374), 116.2 (244)
Rochdale 171.8 (382), 130.4 (290)
Blackburn with Darwen 167.7 (251), 171.0 (256)
Wirral 159.6 (517), 143.5 (465)
Salford 158.4 (410), 136.8 (354)
Bradford 156.2 (843), 132.5 (715)
Tameside 147.9 (335), 126.7 (287)
Northumberland 147.3 (475), 69.5 (224)
Birmingham 138.6 (1582), 107.9 (1232)
Gateshead 137.1 (277), 114.8 (232)
Wigan 136.3 (448), 110.4 (363)
Leeds 132.0 (1047), 99.5 (789)
North Tyneside 130.3 (271), 82.7 (172)
Hartlepool 127.1 (119), 55.5 (52)
West Lancashire 121.6 (139), 66.5 (76)
Rossendale 120.3 (86), 167.9 (120)
Trafford 113.8 (270), 61.9 (147)
Craven 110.3 (63), 77.0 (44)
Middlesbrough 108.5 (153), 47.5 (67)
Sandwell 106.3 (349), 81.6 (268)
Fylde 100.3 (81), 64.4 (52)
Kirklees 100.0 (440), 91.9 (404)
Leicester 96.8 (343), 110.1 (390)
County Durham 95.1 (504), 53.8 (285)
Sheffield 93.0 (544), 53.3 (312)
Stockton-on-Tees 90.7 (179), 39.5 (78)
Ribble Valley 90.3 (55), 37.8 (23)
Darlington 88.0 (94), 29.0 (31)
Barrow-in-Furness 88.0 (59), 58.2 (39)
Calderdale 86.1 (182), 65.3 (138)
Stockport 85.9 (252), 74.6 (219)
South Ribble 84.8 (94), 46.9 (52)
Rotherham 81.8 (217), 54.6 (145)
Oadby and Wigston 80.7 (46), 71.9 (41)
Solihull 79.0 (171), 67.9 (147)
Chorley 75.3 (89), 49.9 (59)
Wolverhampton 74.4 (196), 55.4 (146)
Walsall 72.2 (206), 59.5 (170)
Blackpool 70.3 (98), 68.1 (95)
Coventry 70.0 (260), 46.8 (174)
Wakefield 69.5 (242), 42.8 (149)
Wyre 68.7 (77), 50.9 (57)
Newark and Sherwood 67.8 (83), 24.5 (30)
Slough 66.9 (100), 18.1 (27)
Richmondshire 65.1 (35), 22.3 (12)
Luton 63.4 (135), 39.9 (85)
Redbridge 62.9 (192), 53.7 (164)
Selby 61.8 (56), 50.8 (46)
Barking and Dagenham 61.1 (130), 36.2 (77)
Cheshire West and Chester 60.9 (209), 39.9 (137)
Nottingham 60.7 (202), 35.1 (117)
High Peak 60.4 (56), 34.5 (32)
Redcar and Cleveland 59.1 (81), 29.9 (41)
Exeter 57.8 (76), 11.4 (15)
Newham 56.1 (198), 29.5 (104)
York 55.6 (117), 37.5 (79)
Lincoln 53.4 (53), 29.2 (29)
Rugby 52.3 (57), 59.7 (65)
Dudley 51.6 (166), 35.4 (114)
Hounslow 51.2 (139), 25.0 (68)
Barnsley 51.0 (126), 29.2 (72)
Cheshire East 51.0 (196), 32.0 (123)
Harrogate 51.0 (82), 30.5 (49)
Lancaster 50.0 (73), 31.5 (46)
Tower Hamlets 49.6 (161), 26.5 (86)
Doncaster 49.4 (154), 43.9 (137)
Wyre Forest 49.4 (50), 30.6 (31)
Blaby 49.2 (50), 65.0 (66)
Oxford 49.2 (75), 21.6 (33)
Broxtowe 49.1 (56), 28.1 (32)
South Staffordshire 48.9 (55), 34.7 (39)
Hillingdon 46.9 (144), 31.3 (96)
Redditch 46.9 (40), 14.1 (12)
Havering 46.6 (121), 32.7 (85)
Charnwood 46.3 (86), 44.7 (83)
Bolsover 45.9 (37), 31.0 (25)
Ealing 45.3 (155), 22.8 (78)
Great Yarmouth 45.3 (45), 21.1 (21)
Bedford 45.0 (78), 24.8 (43)
Nuneaton and Bedworth 44.7 (58), 36.2 (47)
Ashfield 44.6 (57), 23.5 (30)
Waltham Forest 44.4 (123), 26.0 (72)
Brent 44.3 (146), 22.4 (74)
Scarborough 44.1 (48), 30.3 (33)
Hambleton 43.7 (40), 32.8 (30)
North Lincolnshire 43.5 (75), 21.5 (37)
Amber Valley 42.9 (55), 32.8 (42)
Newcastle-under-Lyme 42.5 (55), 19.3 (25)
Carlisle 42.3 (46), 12.0 (13)
North East Derbyshire 41.4 (42), 22.7 (23)
Epping Forest 40.2 (53), 28.9 (38)
Stoke-on-Trent 40.2 (103), 35.5 (91)
Stafford 40.1 (55), 35.0 (48)
Hinckley and Bosworth 39.8 (45), 18.6 (21)
Rushcliffe 39.4 (47), 30.2 (36)
East Riding of Yorkshire 39.0 (133), 21.4 (73)
Hackney and City of London 38.9 (113), 21.3 (62)
Harborough 38.4 (36), 27.7 (26)
Broxbourne 38.0 (37), 47.3 (46)
Uttlesford 37.2 (34), 18.6 (17)
Southwark 37.0 (118), 24.8 (79)
Enfield 36.8 (123), 23.4 (78)
Islington 36.3 (88), 22.3 (54)
Bromsgrove 36.0 (36), 22.0 (22)
Barnet 35.9 (142), 20.5 (81)
Haringey 35.7 (96), 23.1 (62)
Hammersmith and Fulham 35.6 (66), 23.8 (44)
Worcester 35.6 (36), 28.6 (29)
South Lakeland 35.2 (37), 16.2 (17)
Mansfield 34.8 (38), 29.3 (32)
Woking 34.7 (35), 13.9 (14)
Corby 34.6 (25), 29.1 (21)
Harrow 33.8 (85), 24.3 (61)
Copeland 33.7 (23), 20.5 (14)
North Warwickshire 33.7 (22), 35.2 (23)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 32.7 (187), 20.8 (119)
Derby 32.6 (84), 33.8 (87)
Ryedale 32.5 (18), 7.2 (4)
Warwick 32.0 (46), 18.8 (27)
Lambeth 31.9 (104), 16.9 (55)
Allerdale 31.7 (31), 20.5 (20)
South Derbyshire 31.7 (34), 27.0 (29)
Telford and Wrekin 31.7 (57), 17.8 (32)
Waverley 31.7 (40), 10.3 (13)
Three Rivers 31.1 (29), 19.3 (18)
St Albans 31.0 (46), 32.3 (48)
Wandsworth 30.3 (100), 18.8 (62)
Runnymede 30.2 (27), 30.2 (27)
Cheltenham 30.1 (35), 8.6 (10)
Watford 30.0 (29), 24.9 (24)
Shropshire 30.0 (97), 18.6 (60)
South Bucks 30.0 (21), 17.1 (12)
Harlow 29.9 (26), 23.0 (20)
Brentwood 29.9 (23), 22.1 (17)
North East Lincolnshire 29.5 (47), 10.0 (16)
East Staffordshire 29.2 (35), 25.1 (30)
Malvern Hills 29.2 (23), 16.5 (13)
Basildon 28.8 (54), 15.5 (29)
Greenwich 28.5 (82), 13.2 (38)
North Kesteven 28.2 (33), 16.3 (19)
Kingston upon Thames 28.2 (50), 16.9 (30)
Spelthorne 28.0 (28), 17.0 (17)
North West Leicestershire 28.0 (29), 16.4 (17)
Peterborough 27.7 (56), 16.8 (34)
Hertsmere 27.6 (29), 41.0 (43)
Rutland 27.6 (11), 12.5 (5)
Wychavon 27.0 (35), 12.4 (16)
Cannock Chase 26.8 (27), 26.8 (27)
Richmond upon Thames 26.8 (53), 14.1 (28)
Southend-on-Sea 26.8 (49), 16.4 (30)
Northampton 26.3 (59), 19.1 (43)
Westminster 26.0 (68), 20.3 (53)
Erewash 26.0 (30), 29.5 (34)
Bath and North East Somerset 25.9 (50), 12.4 (24)
Hull 25.4 (66), 13.5 (35)
Portsmouth 25.1 (54), 14.4 (31)
Surrey Heath 24.6 (22), 15.7 (14)
Bexley 24.6 (61), 16.1 (40)
Worthing 24.4 (27), 28.9 (32)
West Lindsey 24.0 (23), 30.3 (29)
Dartford 24.0 (27), 9.8 (11)
Wokingham 24.0 (41), 8.2 (14)
Camden 23.7 (64), 18.5 (50)
Reading 23.5 (38), 8.7 (14)
East Hertfordshire 23.4 (35), 13.4 (20)
Plymouth 23.3 (61), 15.3 (40)
Castle Point 23.2 (21), 25.4 (23)
Windsor and Maidenhead 23.1 (35), 18.5 (28)
Bristol 23.1 (107), 14.9 (69)
Kensington and Chelsea 23.1 (36), 18.6 (29)
Bassetlaw 23.0 (27), 9.4 (11)
Gedling 22.9 (27), 13.6 (16)
Chesterfield 22.9 (24), 15.3 (16)
Merton 22.8 (47), 14.5 (30)
Dacorum 22.6 (35), 12.9 (20)
Eden 22.5 (12), 20.7 (11)
Central Bedfordshire 22.5 (65), 20.4 (59)
Crawley 22.2 (25), 5.3 (6)
Guildford 22.1 (33), 8.1 (12)
Elmbridge 21.9 (30), 11.7 (16)
Lewisham 21.9 (67), 19.0 (58)
North Somerset 21.9 (47), 22.3 (48)
Croydon 21.7 (84), 15.0 (58)
Wellingborough 21.3 (17), 23.8 (19)
Thurrock 21.2 (37), 13.2 (23)
Rushmoor 21.1 (20), 13.7 (13)
Chiltern 20.8 (20), 10.4 (10)
Sutton 20.8 (43), 13.6 (28)
Bromley 20.5 (68), 15.3 (51)
Milton Keynes 20.4 (55), 15.6 (42)
Gloucester 20.1 (26), 17.0 (22)
Lichfield 20.0 (21), 33.4 (35)
Canterbury 20.0 (33), 10.9 (18)
Kettering 19.7 (20), 20.6 (21)
Tamworth 19.6 (15), 32.6 (25)
Staffordshire Moorlands 19.3 (19), 23.4 (23)
South Gloucestershire 19.3 (55), 15.4 (44)
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 19.2 (76), 20.7 (82)
South Kesteven 19.0 (27), 20.4 (29)
Bracknell Forest 18.8 (23), 12.2 (15)
Maldon 18.5 (12), 7.7 (5)
Stratford-on-Avon 18.4 (24), 20.8 (27)
Havant 18.2 (23), 15.8 (20)
Tandridge 18.2 (16), 14.8 (13)
Huntingdonshire 18.0 (32), 8.4 (15)
North Hertfordshire 18.0 (24), 15.0 (20)
Wycombe 17.8 (31), 22.9 (40)
Tunbridge Wells 17.7 (21), 12.6 (15)
Daventry 17.5 (15), 12.8 (11)
Stroud 16.7 (20), 11.7 (14)
Swindon 16.7 (37), 7.7 (17)
Derbyshire Dales 16.6 (12), 18.0 (13)
Medway 16.5 (46), 8.3 (23)
Hart 16.5 (16), 7.2 (7)
West Berkshire 16.4 (26), 13.3 (21)
Epsom and Ewell 16.1 (13), 17.4 (14)
South Hams 16.1 (14), 10.3 (9)
South Northamptonshire 15.9 (15), 12.7 (12)
Melton 15.6 (8), 5.9 (3)
Cambridge 15.2 (19), 10.4 (13)
Chelmsford 15.1 (27), 10.7 (19)
Sevenoaks 14.9 (18), 5.8 (7)
Tewkesbury 14.7 (14), 5.3 (5)
Mendip 14.7 (17), 12.1 (14)
Eastbourne 14.5 (15), 5.8 (6)
Arun 14.3 (23), 11.2 (18)
Gravesham 14.0 (15), 19.6 (21)
Torbay 13.9 (19), 6.6 (9)
East Hampshire 13.9 (17), 7.4 (9)
Welwyn Hatfield 13.8 (17), 15.4 (19)
Norwich 13.5 (19), 12.8 (18)
Southampton 13.5 (34), 13.9 (35)
Brighton and Hove 13.4 (39), 11.3 (33)
Mid Sussex 13.2 (20), 6.6 (10)
Vale of White Horse 13.2 (18), 11.0 (15)
Horsham 13.2 (19), 13.9 (20)
Chichester 13.2 (16), 9.9 (12)
Braintree 13.1 (20), 7.2 (11)
Wiltshire 13.0 (65), 8.2 (41)
Sedgemoor 13.0 (16), 7.3 (9)
Gosport 13.0 (11), 5.9 (5)
Hastings 13.0 (12), 7.6 (7)
Maidstone 12.8 (22), 7.6 (13)
East Lindsey 12.7 (18), 13.4 (19)
East Northamptonshire 12.7 (12), 11.6 (11)
Test Valley 12.7 (16), 11.9 (15)
Rochford 12.6 (11), 11.4 (10)
South Cambridgeshire 12.6 (20), 10.7 (17)
Aylesbury Vale 12.5 (25), 15.0 (30)
Herefordshire 12.4 (24), 8.8 (17)
New Forest 12.2 (22), 10.0 (18)
Tonbridge and Malling 12.1 (16), 10.6 (14)
South Norfolk 12.1 (17), 8.5 (12)
Basingstoke and Deane 11.9 (21), 9.6 (17)
Tendring 11.6 (17), 8.2 (12)
Forest of Dean 11.5 (10), 8.1 (7)
Folkestone and Hythe 11.5 (13), 3.5 (4)
Stevenage 11.4 (10), 26.2 (23)
North Devon 11.3 (11), 3.1 (3)
West Oxfordshire 10.8 (12), 8.1 (9)
Swale 10.7 (16), 9.3 (14)
Lewes 10.7 (11), 3.9 (4)
South Holland 10.5 (10), 3.2 (3)
Colchester 10.3 (20), 12.3 (24)
Boston 10.0 (7), 8.6 (6)
Cherwell 10.0 (15), 15.3 (23)
South Oxfordshire 9.9 (14), 6.3 (9)
Fareham 9.5 (11), 12.0 (14)
Rother 9.4 (9), 6.2 (6)
Adur 9.3 (6), 24.9 (16)
Breckland 9.3 (13), 7.1 (10)
Mole Valley 9.2 (8), 3.4 (3)
South Somerset 8.9 (15), 6.5 (11)
Reigate and Banstead 8.7 (13), 10.1 (15)
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 8.6 (13), 11.9 (18)
Somerset West and Taunton 8.4 (13), 2.6 (4)
Winchester 8.0 (10), 7.2 (9)
Dorset 7.9 (30), 5.0 (19)
Thanet 7.8 (11), 5.6 (8)
Mid Suffolk 7.7 (8), 4.8 (5)
Teignbridge 7.5 (10), 4.5 (6)
West Suffolk 7.3 (13), 15.1 (27)
East Suffolk 7.2 (18), 4.8 (12)
West Devon 7.2 (4), 3.6 (2)
Wealden 6.8 (11), 6.2 (10)
Eastleigh 6.7 (9), 5.2 (7)
Ashford 6.2 (8), 10.0 (13)
Torridge 5.9 (4), 2.9 (2)
North Norfolk 5.7 (6), 1.0 (1)
East Cambridgeshire 5.6 (5), 1.1 (1)
Cotswold 5.6 (5), 6.7 (6)
Broadland 5.4 (7), 9.2 (12)
Ipswich 5.1 (7), 8.0 (11)
Dover 5.1 (6), 3.4 (4)
Fenland 4.9 (5), 8.8 (9)
Mid Devon 4.9 (4), 3.6 (3)
East Devon 4.8 (7), 7.5 (11)
Babergh 4.3 (4), 5.4 (5)
Isle of Wight 4.2 (6), 3.5 (5)