Covid hotspots: 15 UK areas with highest rates amid warnings of coronavirus third wave
Professor Adam Finn, an advisor on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), warned that a ‘third wave’ of coronavirus infection “is definitely under way”, and stressed the race is on between the vaccine rollout and the highly transmissible variant first identified in India. It is hoped the infections will be brought under control now that the jab rollout has extended to anyone aged 18 and over, but many parts of the country are currently seeing a rise in cases. Listed are the 15 areas of the UK which have the highest rates of Covid-19 cases right now, based on the seven days up to 16 June. Images are for illustrative purposes.
1. Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen’s Covid-19 case rate is 535.8 and the area had 802 new cases. Photo: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS
2. Hyndburn
Hyndburn’s Covid-19 case rate is 468.9 and the area had 380 new cases. Photo: Dan Kitwood
3. Hyndburn
Ribble Valley’s Covid-19 case rate is 433.6 and the area had 264 new cases. Photo: Christopher Furlong
4. Burnley
Burnley’s Covid-19 case rate is 422.9 and the area had 376 new cases. Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS