coronavirus infection rates across England, with an update on the areas most at risk of localised lockdowns. There now 21 areas of England classed as "areas of intervention" where local restrictions are in place to curb the infection rate while the health authority has listed a further eight "areas of concern" which may see future restrictions.Newark and Sherwood in Nottinghamshire is the latest area to added to the list after a local spike and is now classed as an "area of concern" with 26.3 cases of coronavirus per 100,000 population in the last seven days.
It comes as the UK as a whole marked the highest number of coronavirus cases on a Saturday for eight weeks. The new authority "watchlist" areas were named in PHE's Covid-19 Weekly.