A government-funded coronavirus symptoms app has predicted the five next hotspots in the UK, with Blackpool topping the list.
Some 0.4% of Blackpool's population are apparently symptomatic, up by 0.17% on last week's figures, according to the Covid Symptom Study application.
Blackpool is joined by Dundee, Merthyr Tydfil, Nottingham and Halton as places on the top 10 worst-affected list which are outside current local lockdown zones.
Manchester, Kirklees, Rochdale, Salford and Blackburn with Darwen, are the other hardest-hit areas, Blackpool, Halton and Manchester have taken the top three spots on the list, with rates roughly 10 times the national average.