Carlisle and Eden have now passed the 200 infection rate mark for the first time in the second wave of the virus, according to the latest weekly rates of Covid-19 cases.

A total of 248 cases were recorded in Carlisle in the seven days to October 22 - the equivalent of 228.2 cases per 100,000 people, up from 145.4 in the previous week (the seven days to October 15).

Eden's infection rate has also risen from 170.9 to 204.7 after 109 people tested positive for the virus over the same period.

The infection rates are also rising in South Lakeland, Copeland and Allerdale but falling in Barrow-in-Furness where Tier 2 lockdown measures remain in effect.

All figures are based on Public Health England data published on today (October 26).

Data for the most recent four days (October 23-26) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.

The data below includes the total number of cases and overall infection rate for each area since the pandemic began. Many of these cases will no longer be active.

Full list of Cumbria's latest infection rates:

Barrow-in-Furness 270.0 (181), 277.4 (186) ↓

Carlisle 228.2 (248), 145.4 (158) ↑

Eden 204.7 (109), 170.9 (91) ↑

South Lakeland 137.0 (144), 113.2 (119) ↑

Copeland 121.7 (83), 74.8 (51) ↑

Allerdale 83.9 (82), 64.4 (63) ↑

Blackburn with Darwen now has the highest infection rate in England after 1,131 new cases were recorded in the seven days to October 22. The is the the equivalent of 755.5 cases per 100,000 people and up from 515.0 cases per 100,000 in the seven days to October 15.

Rossendale, also in Lancashire, has the second highest rate, up from 472.8 to 653.3, with 467 new cases.

Oldham in Greater Manchester is in third place, with its rate rising from 415.0 to 625.4, with 1,483 new cases.

But the numbers continue to fall in some of the areas with the highest rates in England.

The rate Nottingham, which will go into Tier 3 of restrictions on Thursday, fell from 726.6 in the seven days to October 15 to 464.4 in the week to October 22, with 1,546 new cases.

In Liverpool, which was one of the first areas placed in Tier 3, the rate fell from 620.0 to 520.2, with 2,591 new cases.

In Knowsley, also in Tier 3, the rate fell from 682.1 to 599.9, with 905 new cases.

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