Only 5 UK areas saw a rise in Covid cases at the end of January - how regions compare
Only five local areas in the UK have recorded a week-on-week increase in Covid-19 case rates, new figures show.
All national and regional rates are now back at levels seen before the new year, with rates only rising in a small number of local authority areas.
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Hide AdDerbyshire Dales and East Lindsey in the East Midlands, along with Argyll and Bute, East Renfrewshire and Midlothian in Scotland, are the only local authority areas in the country to record an increase in rates for the seven days to 27 January.
However, in all five localities the week-on-week rise was small.