All 185 places where Covid is rising amid Indian variant surge - see full list

Coronavirus infection rates have increased in almost 60 per cent of England's local authority areas amid growing worries about the spread of the Indian variant.

Of the 315 local areas in England, 185 (59 per cent) saw a rise in rates, 119 (38 per cent) saw a fall and 11 were unchanged as of May 10, according to the most recent data available.

Bolton, one of England's hotspots for the Indian variant, has the country's highest Covid infection rate (for all variants), with 228.5 cases per 100,000 people.

The town in Greater Manchester saw its rate more than double in a week (from 88.7).

It was followed by three other Indian variant hotspots - Erewash in Derbyshire (163.0), Blackburn with Darwen (111.6) and Bedford (105.0).

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People queue to receive a coronavirus vaccine in Bolton, one of the Indian variant hotspots (Phil Taylor/SWNS)

Bedford's rate had more than doubled from 42.7, while those in Blackburn and Erewash had climbed by 96 per cent and 84 per cent, respectively.

Other local authority areas with a notable week-on-week increase were:

• Melton in Suffolk (11.7 to 58.6)
• Hounslow in west London (29.1 to 54.1)
• Middlesbrough (28.4 to 52.5)
• Harborough in Leicestershire (27.7 to 51.2)
• Burnley (22.5 to 47.2)
• Thanet in Kent (9.2 to 31.7)

England's lockdown was relaxed on Monday to allow hugging and customers to drink and dine indoors at pubs and restaurants.

Indian Covid variant hotspot Bolton has England's highest infection rate (Press Association Images)

The Covid-19 case rate in Blackburn with Darwen has risen dramatically (Press Association Images)

People in England can meet outdoors in groups of up to 30, and indoors in groups of six, or two households, and museums and cinemas are among the indoor attractions permitted to reopen.

Foreign holidays are legal again, with a dozen countries on the 'green list', including Portugal.

Boris Johnson and health experts have urged people to exercise caution amid concerns about the spread of the Indian variant.

Although ministers believe the vaccines will be effective against the highly transmissible Indian variant of concern, there are worries about the impact of its spread on those who have refused to have a jab or not yet been offered one.

The Prime Minister has warned that the threat posed by the variant could delay the final stage of England’s road map out of lockdown from the June 21 target.

He has not ruled out local lockdowns being necessary to contain the spread of the virus.

Surge testing has been launched in 15 areas, including Bolton, Formby and parts of London, while increased genomic sequencing and enhanced contact tracing are among other measures being used to prevent the spread of the variant, the Government said.

A major campaign has been launched to encourage people in Bolton and Blackburn to get vaccinated.

Stephen Crowe hugs his mother Susan Crowe, 96, at a car home in Wimbledon, south London, as the lockdown was eased on Monday (REUTERS)

All over-50s will now get their second jab within eight weeks of the firstdose, rather than 12.

The urgent measures were brought in as cases of the B.1.617.2 variant more than doubled in a week in the UK - from 520 to 1,313, as of last Wednesday.

Professor Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, warned that the Indian variant would overtake the Kent variant, which triggered the latest lockdown, and become the country's dominant strain.

By region, London had the highest number of confirmed and suspected cases of the mutant variant - 400 as of Wednesday, accounting for almost a third of total Covid cases in the capital.

The North West was not far behind, with its total of 319 infections making up a quarter of all confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus in the region, which includes Bolton and Blackburn.

Four people have died after contracting the variant, Public Health England (PHE) said last Friday.

What is the rate in my local area?

Here is the list in full.

From left to right, it reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to May 10; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to May 10; rate of new cases in the seven days to May 3; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to May 3.

Bolton, 228.5, (657), 88.7, (255)

Erewash, 163.0, (188), 88.4, (102)

Blackburn with Darwen, 111.6, (167), 56.8, (85)

Bedford, 105.0, (182), 42.7, (74)

Selby, 69.5, (63), 55.2, (50)

Kirklees, 63.0, (277), 53.9, (237)

Melton, 58.6, (30), 11.7, (6)

Sefton, 56.8, (157), 26.0, (72)

Hounslow, 54.1, (147), 29.1, (79)

Wellingborough, 52.7, (42), 38.9, (31)

Middlesbrough, 52.5, (74), 28.4, (40)

Leeds, 52.4, (416), 44.6, (354)

North Lincolnshire, 52.2, (90), 54.6, (94)

Sheffield, 51.3, (300), 46.2, (270)

Corby, 51.2, (37), 33.2, (24)

Harborough, 51.2, (48), 27.7, (26)

Barnsley, 50.6, (125), 59.5, (147)

Rochdale, 49.9, (111), 35.1, (78)

Watford, 47.6, (46), 29.0, (28)

Burnley, 47.2, (42), 22.5, (20)

A server carries drinks to a table at the Oak Inn in Coventry, West Midlands, as England moved to step three of its lockdown exit strategy (PA)

Leicester, 47.1, (167), 33.9, (120)

Wakefield, 47.1, (164), 56.0, (195)

Manchester, 46.1, (255), 34.9, (193)

Newcastle upon Tyne, 45.2, (137), 38.3, (116)

South Northamptonshire, 44.4, (42), 27.5, (26)

Bradford, 43.5, (235), 49.3, (266)

Hyndburn, 43.2, (35), 111.1, (90)

Ealing, 42.7, (146), 35.4, (121)

Doncaster, 42.6, (133), 55.1, (172)

South Holland, 42.1, (40), 54.7, (52)

Rotherham, 41.1, (109), 34.7, (92)

Hillingdon, 41.1, (126), 26.1, (80)

High Peak, 41.0, (38), 18.3, (17)

Nottingham, 40.3, (134), 24.3, (81)

Boston, 39.9, (28), 34.2, (24)

Lancaster, 39.7, (58), 28.1, (41)

Preston, 37.7, (54), 28.6, (41)

Rugby, 37.6, (41), 34.0, (37)

Lincoln, 37.3, (37), 20.1, (20)

Pendle, 36.9, (34), 17.4, (16)

Calderdale, 36.9, (78), 37.4, (79)

Southampton, 36.4, (92), 25.7, (65)

Stockport, 36.1, (106), 22.5, (66)

Peterborough, 35.6, (72), 41.5, (84)

Chorley, 35.5, (42), 30.5, (36)

Tameside, 34.4, (78), 19.0, (43)

Blackpool, 34.4, (48), 14.3, (20)

Kettering, 34.4, (35), 26.5, (27)

Rushmoor, 33.8, (32), 12.7, (12)

West Suffolk, 33.5, (60), 26.3, (47)

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, 33.0, (50), 29.1, (44)

Some of the first passengers to arrive on flights from England to Faro, Portugal, as a ban on foreign holidays ended (Julian Hamilton/Daily Mirror)

Luton, 32.9, (70), 39.0, (83)

Newark and Sherwood, 31.9, (39), 13.9, (17)

Thanet, 31.7, (45), 9.2, (13)

Wigan, 31.6, (104), 23.1, (76)

Hull, 31.2, (81), 38.9, (101)

Brent, 30.6, (101), 22.7, (75)

Gedling, 30.5, (36), 14.4, (17)

Salford, 30.5, (79), 33.2, (86)

Northampton, 30.3, (68), 23.6, (53)

Trafford, 29.5, (70), 43.8, (104)

Stockton-on-Tees, 29.4, (58), 23.3, (46)

Mansfield, 29.3, (32), 32.0, (35)

Uttlesford, 28.5, (26), 11.0, (10)

Plymouth, 28.2, (74), 17.9, (47)

Hart, 27.8, (27), 14.4, (14)

Broxtowe, 27.2, (31), 16.7, (19)

Great Yarmouth, 27.2, (27), 12.1, (12)

Harrow, 27.1, (68), 31.5, (79)

Sedgemoor, 26.8, (33), 37.3, (46)

Slough, 26.7, (40), 44.8, (67)

Coventry, 26.6, (99), 22.6, (84)

East Northamptonshire, 26.4, (25), 18.0, (17)

Westminster, 26.4, (69), 22.2, (58)

East Riding of Yorkshire, 26.4, (90), 25.8, (88)

Kensington and Chelsea, 26.3, (41), 28.2, (44)

Nuneaton and Bedworth, 26.2, (34), 36.2, (47)

Oldham, 26.1, (62), 27.4, (65)

Croydon, 26.1, (101), 17.6, (68)

Crawley, 25.8, (29), 12.5, (14)

West Berkshire, 25.2, (40), 27.1, (43)

North Tyneside, 25.0, (52), 15.9, (33)

Sandwell, 25.0, (82), 22.2, (73)

East Lindsey, 24.7, (35), 20.5, (29)

Tower Hamlets, 24.6, (80), 17.6, (57)

Herefordshire, 23.9, (46), 27.5, (53)

Stoke-on-Trent, 23.8, (61), 33.9, (87)

Rossendale, 23.8, (17), 15.4, (11)

Kingston upon Thames, 23.7, (42), 13.0, (23)

North East Derbyshire, 23.7, (24), 14.8, (15)

Greenwich, 23.6, (68), 17.4, (50)

Three Rivers, 23.6, (22), 17.1, (16)

Fenland, 23.6, (24), 21.6, (22)

Wolverhampton, 23.5, (62), 15.6, (41)

South Ribble, 23.5, (26), 20.8, (23)

Dudley, 23.0, (74), 18.3, (59)

Milton Keynes, 23.0, (62), 11.1, (30)

Blaby, 22.7, (23), 19.7, (20)

Barking and Dagenham, 22.5, (48), 14.6, (31)

Wyre, 22.3, (25), 21.4, (24)

Arun, 21.8, (35), 16.8, (27)

Reading, 21.6, (35), 26.0, (42)

Darlington, 21.5, (23), 30.0, (32)

North Warwickshire, 21.5, (14), 19.9, (13)

Norwich, 21.3, (30), 19.2, (27)

Hinckley and Bosworth, 21.2, (24), 17.7, (20)

Fylde, 21.0, (17), 12.4, (10)

Eastleigh, 21.0, (28), 13.5, (18)

Bury, 20.9, (40), 24.6, (47)

Breckland, 20.7, (29), 17.9, (25)

South Hams, 20.7, (18), 17.2, (15)

South Norfolk, 20.6, (29), 17.0, (24)

South Derbyshire, 20.5, (22), 15.8, (17)

Richmondshire, 20.5, (11), 14.9, (8)

Derby, 20.2, (52), 18.3, (47)

Central Bedfordshire, 20.1, (58), 19.7, (57)

Halton, 20.1, (26), 13.9, (18)

East Staffordshire, 20.0, (24), 16.7, (20)

Rutland, 20.0, (8), 27.6, (11)

South Bucks, 20.0, (14), 11.4, (8)

South Kesteven, 19.7, (28), 27.4, (39)

Bassetlaw, 19.6, (23), 20.4, (24)

Birmingham, 19.5, (223), 15.9, (181)

Colchester, 19.5, (38), 9.8, (19)

Dacorum, 19.4, (30), 16.2, (25)

Walsall, 19.3, (55), 24.2, (69)

Hertsmere, 19.1, (20), 17.2, (18)

Redbridge, 19.0, (58), 17.4, (53)

Brighton and Hove, 18.9, (55), 10.0, (29)

Gosport, 18.9, (16), 14.1, (12)

St Helens, 18.8, (34), 8.9, (16)

Bracknell Forest, 18.8, (23), 14.7, (18)

Ashfield, 18.8, (24), 9.4, (12)

Chelmsford, 18.5, (33), 17.9, (32)

Fitness instructor Melanie Pennicott leads a group in a high energy barbell class just after midnight as England's Covid lockdown was eased (Getty Images)

Rushcliffe, 18.5, (22), 10.9, (13)

Barnet, 18.4, (73), 15.4, (61)

Tendring, 18.4, (27), 7.5, (11)

Oxford, 18.4, (28), 33.5, (51)

Staffordshire Moorlands, 18.3, (18), 13.2, (13)

Redcar and Cleveland, 18.2, (25), 10.9, (15)

Havant, 18.2, (23), 14.3, (18)

Harrogate, 18.0, (29), 15.5, (25)

Spelthorne, 18.0, (18), 19.0, (19)

Knowsley, 17.9, (27), 9.3, (14)

Windsor and Maidenhead, 17.8, (27), 21.8, (33)

West Lindsey, 17.8, (17), 20.9, (20)

Vale of White Horse, 17.6, (24), 15.4, (21)

South Oxfordshire, 17.6, (25), 12.7, (18)

St Albans, 17.5, (26), 11.5, (17)

Daventry, 17.5, (15), 22.1, (19)

Merton, 17.4, (36), 18.9, (39)

Islington, 17.3, (42), 15.3, (37)

Wandsworth, 17.3, (57), 15.2, (50)

Harlow, 17.2, (15), 19.5, (17)

Adur, 17.1, (11), 18.7, (12)

Stevenage, 17.1, (15), 17.1, (15)

Camden, 17.0, (46), 13.0, (35)

Dartford, 16.9, (19), 12.4, (14)

Wiltshire, 16.8, (84), 13.2, (66)

Surrey Heath, 16.8, (15), 12.3, (11)

Worcester, 16.8, (17), 14.8, (15)

Northumberland, 16.7, (54), 12.7, (41)

Chiltern, 16.7, (16), 10.4, (10)

Swindon, 16.7, (37), 27.5, (61)

York, 16.6, (35), 13.3, (28)

South Gloucestershire, 16.5, (47), 10.5, (30)

Ribble Valley, 16.4, (10), 13.1, (8)

County Durham, 16.4, (87), 22.1, (117)

Wokingham, 16.4, (28), 10.5, (18)

Mid Suffolk, 16.4, (17), 15.4, (16)

North Kesteven, 16.3, (19), 19.7, (23)

Chesterfield, 16.2, (17), 10.5, (11)

Cheshire East, 16.1, (62), 17.4, (67)

Cambridge, 16.0, (20), 21.6, (27)

Lambeth, 15.9, (52), 14.7, (48)

South Tyneside, 15.9, (24), 11.9, (18)

Enfield, 15.9, (53), 12.9, (43)

Stroud, 15.8, (19), 12.5, (15)

Oadby and Wigston, 15.8, (9), 19.3, (11)

Craven, 15.8, (9), 17.5, (10)

North East Lincolnshire, 15.7, (25), 14.4, (23)

Hammersmith and Fulham, 15.7, (29), 21.1, (39)

Richmond upon Thames, 15.7, (31), 19.2, (38)

Waltham Forest, 15.5, (43), 13.4, (37)

Welwyn Hatfield, 15.4, (19), 12.2, (15)

Ipswich, 15.3, (21), 18.3, (25)

Stafford, 15.3, (21), 10.9, (15)

Cherwell, 15.3, (23), 17.3, (26)

North Norfolk, 15.3, (16), 3.8, (4)

Haringey, 15.3, (41), 17.1, (46)

Babergh, 15.2, (14), 8.7, (8)

Hartlepool, 14.9, (14), 17.1, (16)

Bexley, 14.9, (37), 15.7, (39)

Wyre Forest, 14.8, (15), 7.9, (8)

Solihull, 14.8, (32), 17.1, (37)

Hackney and City of London, 14.8, (43), 14.1, (41)

Ashford, 14.6, (19), 7.7, (10)

Aylesbury Vale, 14.5, (29), 20.1, (40)

Charnwood, 14.5, (27), 25.3, (47)

Lewisham, 14.4, (44), 13.4, (41)

West Devon, 14.3, (8), 3.6, (2)

Wycombe, 14.3, (25), 15.5, (27)

Liverpool, 14.3, (71), 7.0, (35)

Havering, 14.3, (37), 9.2, (24)

Bromley, 14.1, (47), 15.3, (51)

Huntingdonshire, 14.0, (25), 15.7, (28)

Chichester, 14.0, (17), 16.5, (20)

Shropshire, 13.9, (45), 18.3, (59)

Sunderland, 13.7, (38), 13.3, (37)

Epsom and Ewell, 13.6, (11), 6.2, (5)

North Somerset, 13.5, (29), 12.6, (27)

Barrow-in-Furness, 13.4, (9), 6.0, (4)

Gateshead, 13.4, (27), 11.9, (24)

East Cambridgeshire, 13.4, (12), 14.5, (13)

Swale, 13.3, (20), 14.0, (21)

Torbay, 13.2, (18), 7.3, (10)

Copeland, 13.2, (9), 2.9, (2)

West Lancashire, 13.1, (15), 9.6, (11)

Cheshire West and Chester, 13.1, (45), 10.5, (36)

Mendip, 13.0, (15), 5.2, (6)

Bristol, 12.9, (60), 10.1, (47)

Bath and North East Somerset, 12.9, (25), 10.3, (20)

Redditch, 12.9, (11), 18.8, (16)

Somerset West and Taunton, 12.9, (20), 9.7, (15)

Telford and Wrekin, 12.8, (23), 20.6, (37)

Thurrock, 12.6, (22), 11.5, (20)

Tandridge, 12.5, (11), 18.2, (16)

Warrington, 12.4, (26), 18.6, (39)

South Lakeland, 12.4, (13), 7.6, (8)

East Hampshire, 12.3, (15), 12.3, (15)

Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole, 12.1, (48), 14.9, (59)

East Suffolk, 12.0, (30), 17.2, (43)

Hambleton, 12.0, (11), 13.1, (12)

Woking, 11.9, (12), 11.9, (12)

Tamworth, 11.7, (9), 14.3, (11)

Newham, 11.6, (41), 13.6, (48)

Stratford-on-Avon, 11.5, (15), 13.1, (17)

Folkestone and Hythe, 11.5, (13), 7.1, (8)

Guildford, 11.4, (17), 16.1, (24)

Basildon, 11.2, (21), 9.6, (18)

Cheltenham, 11.2, (13), 8.6, (10)

Bolsover, 11.2, (9), 17.4, (14)

Sutton, 11.1, (23), 13.6, (28)

Medway, 11.1, (31), 13.3, (37)

Test Valley, 11.1, (14), 14.3, (18)

Scarborough, 11.0, (12), 11.0, (12)

Southwark, 11.0, (35), 17.3, (55)

Elmbridge, 11.0, (15), 17.5, (24)

Newcastle-under-Lyme, 10.8, (14), 8.5, (11)

Wirral, 10.8, (35), 9.9, (32)

South Cambridgeshire, 10.7, (17), 10.1, (16)

Lewes, 10.7, (11), 6.8, (7)

Epping Forest, 10.6, (14), 11.4, (15)

Isle of Wight, 10.6, (15), 8.5, (12)

New Forest, 10.6, (19), 7.8, (14)

Braintree, 10.5, (16), 10.5, (16)

Maidstone, 10.5, (18), 15.1, (26)

Teignbridge, 10.4, (14), 10.4, (14)

Mole Valley, 10.3, (9), 8.0, (7)

Gravesham, 10.3, (11), 16.8, (18)

Dover, 10.2, (12), 20.3, (24)

Tunbridge Wells, 10.1, (12), 10.1, (12)

Cannock Chase, 9.9, (10), 6.9, (7)

Southend-on-Sea, 9.8, (18), 10.9, (20)

Portsmouth, 9.8, (21), 16.3, (35)

Warwick, 9.7, (14), 21.6, (31)

North Hertfordshire, 9.7, (13), 11.2, (15)

Canterbury, 9.7, (16), 12.7, (21)

East Devon, 9.6, (14), 8.2, (12)

Rochford, 9.2, (8), 6.9, (6)

Dorset, 9.0, (34), 9.0, (34)

Runnymede, 8.9, (8), 5.6, (5)

Cotswold, 8.9, (8), 11.1, (10)

Reigate and Banstead, 8.7, (13), 18.2, (27)

Waverley, 8.7, (11), 17.4, (22)

East Hertfordshire, 8.7, (13), 10.7, (16)

Hastings, 8.6, (8), 22.7, (21)

Fareham, 8.6, (10), 5.2, (6)

Lichfield, 8.6, (9), 7.6, (8)

Mid Devon, 8.5, (7), 14.6, (12)

Wychavon, 8.5, (11), 3.9, (5)

Tewkesbury, 8.4, (8), 8.4, (8)

Broadland, 8.4, (11), 8.4, (11)

Rother, 8.3, (8), 9.4, (9)

Sevenoaks, 8.3, (10), 21.5, (26)

North Devon, 8.2, (8), 11.3, (11)

Worthing, 8.1, (9), 12.7, (14)

South Staffordshire, 8.0, (9), 18.7, (21)

Mid Sussex, 7.9, (12), 9.9, (15)

Basingstoke and Deane, 7.9, (14), 11.9, (21)

Brentwood, 7.8, (6), 7.8, (6)

South Somerset, 7.7, (13), 9.5, (16)

North West Leicestershire, 7.7, (8), 13.5, (14)

Horsham, 7.6, (11), 6.3, (9)

Malvern Hills, 7.6, (6), 10.2, (8)

Eden, 7.5, (4), 3.8, (2)

Wealden, 7.4, (12), 8.1, (13)

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, 7.3, (42), 7.9, (45)

Torridge, 7.3, (5), 8.8, (6)

West Oxfordshire, 7.2, (8), 12.7, (14)

Ryedale, 7.2, (4), 16.3, (9)

Winchester, 7.2, (9), 9.6, (12)

Broxbourne, 7.2, (7), 10.3, (10)

Derbyshire Dales, 6.9, (5), 5.5, (4)

Carlisle, 6.4, (7), 7.4, (8)

Maldon, 6.2, (4), 3.1, (2)

Tonbridge and Malling, 6.1, (8), 11.4, (15)

Exeter, 5.3, (7), 12.9, (17)

Bromsgrove, 5.0, (5), 12.0, (12)

Amber Valley, 4.7, (6), 6.2, (8)

Gloucester, 4.6, (6), 11.6, (15)

Forest of Dean, 4.6, (4), 11.5, (10)

Castle Point, 4.4, (4), 2.2, (2)

Allerdale, 3.1, (3), 1.0, (1)

Eastbourne, 2.9, (3), 7.7, (8)