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19 areas where coronavirus has risen despite two months of local lockdown

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Damning new research suggests coronavirus has risen in 19 out of 20 areas that are under at least two months of local lockdown.

The Labour Party unveiled the list as Keir Starmer demanded answers from Boris Johnson at a testy PMQs. Sir Keir said Burnley was at 21 new infections per 100,000 people when local lockdown began in July - now it is at 434.

Bolton was at 18 per 100,000 people - now it is 255. And Bradford was at 54 - now the rate is 258. That is despite a raft of local lockdown restrictions, which vary but include bans on meeting people you don't live with indoors, and advice against non-essential travel.

Sir Keir said 19 out of 20 areas in England that have been under local lockdown for at least two months have seen a spike in

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