Covid cases are rising in 97 per cent of areas in England, latest data shows.
Figures published today show that 306 of 315 local authority areas have recorded a week-on-week increase in infections.
Just eight saw the number of infections fall in the seven days to Sunday compared to the week before, while one was unchanged.
It comes after the Department of Health confirmed nearly 28,000 cases in 24 hours - the highest daily figure since January 28.
Tamworth, Oxford, South Tyneside, Gateshead and Newcastle recorded the highest increases in new cases.
A total of 27,989 new cases were confirmed by the Government earlier today, bringing the total who tested positive in the past seven days to 146,360.
This is a massive 71.8 per cent higher than the previous week.
Hyndburn in Lancashire continues to have the highest rate, with 493 new cases in the seven days to June 27 - the equivalent of 608.3 cases per 100,000 people.
This is up from 444.2 in the seven days to June 20.
Newcastle upon Tyne has the second highest rate, up from 306.1 to 519.8, with 1,574 new cases.
Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire has the third highest rate, down slightly from 515.0 to 503.7, with 754 new cases.
The five areas with the biggest week-on-week rises are:
- Tamworth (up from 80.8 to 445.9)
- Oxford (74.8 to 340.4)
- South Tyneside (149.7 to 376.9)
- Gateshead (167.3 to 391.5)
- Newcastle upon Tyne (306.1 to 519.8)
North-east England has overtaken the North West to become the region of England recording the highest rate of Covid-19 cases, with figures nearing those seen at the peak of the second wave of the virus.
A total of 346.4 cases per 100,000 people were recorded for north-east England in the seven days to June 27, according to the latest weekly surveillance report from Public Health England (PHE).
This is up sharply week-on-week from 175.3, and is the highest rate for the region since the seven days to January 10.
Boris Johnson will unveil plans for England's so-called Freedom Day in the "next few days", the Prime Minister has announced.
Mr Johnson told reporters he will speak in the coming days about what life will look like after July 19, including foreign travel for Brits who've had both doses of a vaccine.
In an upbeat message, the PM boasted that despite daily cases soaring, "that is not translating into a big increase in serious illness and death."
"It looks ever clearer that… the speed of that vaccine rollout has broken that link between infection and mortality and that’s an amazing thing," he declared. "That gives us the scope, we think on the 19th to go ahead, cautiously, irreversibly."
But he also warned some restrictions could remain - as his spokesman refused to rule out keeping mask rules on public transport.
The list in full
From left to right: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to June 27; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to June 27; rate of new cases in the seven days to June 20; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to June 20.
Hyndburn, 608.3, (493), 444.2, (360)
Newcastle upon Tyne, 519.8, (1574), 306.1, (927)
Blackburn with Darwen, 503.7, (754), 515.0, (771)
Rossendale, 485.4, (347), 355.3, (254)
Salford, 479.5, (1241), 335.7, (869)
Manchester, 476.1, (2632), 384.0, (2123)
Burnley, 473.5, (421), 389.1, (346)
North Tyneside, 468.9, (975), 266.9, (555)
Tamworth, 445.9, (342), 80.8, (62)
Wigan, 442.1, (1453), 318.3, (1046)
County Durham, 428.6, (2272), 218.5, (1158)
Gateshead, 391.5, (791), 167.3, (338)
Pendle, 385.4, (355), 295.3, (272)
Ribble Valley, 382.7, (233), 392.5, (239)
Liverpool, 381.7, (1901), 246.6, (1228)
South Tyneside, 376.9, (569), 149.7, (226)
Warwick, 369.4, (531), 157.2, (226)
Knowsley, 369.2, (557), 203.5, (307)
North East Lincolnshire, 368.5, (588), 168.0, (268)
Bury, 367.6, (702), 339.8, (649)
Oldham, 366.1, (868), 238.3, (565)
South Ribble, 365.6, (405), 289.7, (321)
Sunderland, 363.3, (1009), 163.1, (453)
Leeds, 354.4, (2811), 238.9, (1895)
Rochdale, 353.8, (787), 254.9, (567)
Preston, 350.0, (501), 308.1, (441)
Trafford, 345.5, (820), 265.0, (629)
Oxford, 340.4, (519), 74.8, (114)
Chorley, 329.1, (389), 332.4, (393)
York, 326.2, (687), 145.3, (306)
Tameside, 324.1, (734), 234.0, (530)
Sefton, 323.8, (895), 198.6, (549)
Lancaster, 306.8, (448), 133.5, (195)
Blackpool, 304.8, (425), 290.4, (405)
Wakefield, 298.3, (1039), 118.0, (411)
Warrington, 290.5, (610), 201.9, (424)
Darlington, 290.3, (310), 181.6, (194)
Calderdale, 283.3, (599), 177.3, (375)
Barnsley, 283.1, (699), 89.5, (221)
Nottingham, 282.1, (939), 147.8, (492)
Bolton, 278.6, (801), 247.3, (711)
Gloucester, 274.9, (355), 149.5, (193)
Tewkesbury, 273.6, (260), 170.5, (162)
Carlisle, 273.3, (297), 94.8, (103)
Bristol, 267.2, (1238), 176.1, (816)
Cheltenham, 265.7, (309), 178.8, (208)
Wirral, 259.6, (841), 165.4, (536)
Wyre, 257.8, (289), 176.6, (198)
Stockport, 255.6, (750), 204.5, (600)
Cambridge, 247.6, (309), 105.8, (132)
Solihull, 247.3, (535), 114.2, (247)
St. Helens, 243.7, (440), 160.0, (289)
Cheshire West and Chester, 242.5, (832), 170.2, (584)
Northumberland, 241.9, (780), 132.4, (427)
Exeter, 240.5, (316), 121.0, (159)
Brighton and Hove, 238.6, (694), 126.9, (369)
Rushcliffe, 237.4, (283), 159.4, (190)
Hartlepool, 236.0, (221), 66.2, (62)
Fylde, 232.7, (188), 153.5, (124)
West Lancashire, 223.1, (255), 129.5, (148)
Lambeth, 222.7, (726), 139.2, (454)
Hammersmith and Fulham, 222.5, (412), 134.0, (248)
Birmingham, 219.2, (2503), 138.6, (1582)
Bradford, 214.5, (1158), 148.8, (803)
Redcar and Cleveland, 212.9, (292), 65.6, (90)
Reading, 212.6, (344), 139.1, (225)
Epsom and Ewell, 208.4, (168), 115.3, (93)
Islington, 207.5, (503), 117.5, (285)
Richmondshire, 202.9, (109), 132.1, (71)
Wandsworth, 201.7, (665), 124.7, (411)
Southwark, 201.7, (643), 123.6, (394)
North Warwickshire, 200.7, (131), 59.8, (39)
Craven, 190.8, (109), 133.0, (76)
Kensington and Chelsea, 189.6, (296), 98.6, (154)
Halton, 186.2, (241), 164.6, (213)
Oadby and Wigston, 185.9, (106), 96.5, (55)
Hackney and City of London, 184.6, (537), 102.8, (299)
Canterbury, 184.4, (305), 60.5, (100)
Kirklees, 184.0, (809), 120.7, (531)
Mole Valley, 182.2, (159), 87.1, (76)
Tower Hamlets, 181.7, (590), 133.6, (434)
Stoke-on-Trent, 181.0, (464), 104.9, (269)
Barrow-in-Furness, 180.5, (121), 135.7, (91)
Camden, 179.2, (484), 107.8, (291)
Gedling, 176.4, (208), 98.4, (116)
Harrogate, 175.3, (282), 97.0, (156)
East Hertfordshire, 173.6, (260), 102.2, (153)
South Gloucestershire, 173.3, (494), 100.3, (286)
North Hertfordshire, 171.4, (229), 66.6, (89)
Middlesbrough, 170.9, (241), 78.0, (110)
Sheffield, 170.5, (997), 79.2, (463)
Coventry, 169.6, (630), 83.4, (310)
Selby, 167.7, (152), 155.6, (141)
Cheshire East, 165.0, (634), 149.7, (575)
Boston, 163.9, (115), 72.7, (51)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, 163.5, (935), 154.6, (884)
Telford and Wrekin, 162.9, (293), 92.9, (167)
Westminster, 162.6, (425), 98.7, (258)
Scarborough, 161.8, (176), 26.7, (29)
Broxtowe, 160.5, (183), 88.6, (101)
Richmond upon Thames, 159.1, (315), 90.9, (180)
Brentwood, 158.4, (122), 46.7, (36)
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole, 156.6, (619), 121.4, (480)
South Lakeland, 156.1, (164), 100.9, (106)
Waltham Forest, 156.0, (432), 79.1, (219)
High Peak, 155.4, (144), 104.7, (97)
Stockton-on-Tees, 155.1, (306), 70.9, (140)
Rugby, 154.2, (168), 74.4, (81)
Doncaster, 152.6, (476), 87.5, (273)
Harborough, 152.4, (143), 163.1, (153)
Ealing, 150.4, (514), 86.6, (296)
Luton, 150.2, (320), 90.1, (192)
Wycombe, 149.4, (261), 69.3, (121)
Portsmouth, 149.4, (321), 111.2, (239)
Sandwell, 149.2, (490), 68.8, (226)
Haringey, 148.9, (400), 71.8, (193)
Dacorum, 148.6, (230), 47.8, (74)
Lichfield, 148.0, (155), 60.1, (63)
Blaby, 147.7, (150), 121.2, (123)
Bath and North East Somerset, 147.5, (285), 108.1, (209)
Bromsgrove, 145.2, (145), 75.1, (75)
St Albans, 143.5, (213), 75.4, (112)
Southampton, 143.4, (362), 114.1, (288)
Derby, 143.0, (368), 61.0, (157)
Lewisham, 142.6, (436), 77.2, (236)
Melton, 142.6, (73), 68.3, (35)
Leicester, 142.3, (504), 123.9, (439)
Charnwood, 141.0, (262), 85.6, (159)
Eden, 140.8, (75), 114.5, (61)
Colchester, 140.2, (273), 78.6, (153)
North Somerset, 140.0, (301), 81.8, (176)
Crawley, 137.0, (154), 73.8, (83)
Stratford-on-Avon, 134.5, (175), 61.5, (80)
Staffordshire Moorlands, 134.1, (132), 73.1, (72)
Barnet, 132.1, (523), 73.3, (290)
South Derbyshire, 131.5, (141), 33.6, (36)
Stafford, 131.1, (180), 35.7, (49)
Welwyn Hatfield, 130.8, (161), 105.7, (130)
Rutland, 130.2, (52), 65.1, (26)
Sutton, 129.4, (267), 64.5, (133)
Greenwich, 129.2, (372), 65.6, (189)
Adur, 129.1, (83), 73.1, (47)
Newcastle-under-Lyme, 129.0, (167), 98.9, (128)
Elmbridge, 128.7, (176), 55.6, (76)
Maidstone, 127.5, (219), 77.4, (133)
Erewash, 127.4, (147), 62.4, (72)
Hastings, 126.3, (117), 36.7, (34)
North East Derbyshire, 126.2, (128), 45.3, (46)
Merton, 125.9, (260), 94.9, (196)
Dudley, 125.0, (402), 48.8, (157)
Mid Sussex, 124.5, (188), 72.8, (110)
South Oxfordshire, 123.9, (176), 69.7, (99)
Lincoln, 123.9, (123), 65.5, (65)
Uttlesford, 123.8, (113), 26.3, (24)
Kingston upon Thames, 123.4, (219), 70.4, (125)
Wokingham, 123.3, (211), 80.1, (137)
Chesterfield, 123.0, (129), 58.2, (61)
Central Bedfordshire, 121.6, (351), 54.7, (158)
Bracknell Forest, 121.6, (149), 75.1, (92)
Hambleton, 121.2, (111), 43.7, (40)
Rotherham, 120.9, (321), 62.9, (167)
Newham, 118.9, (420), 74.2, (262)
Wolverhampton, 118.9, (313), 57.7, (152)
Copeland, 118.8, (81), 67.5, (46)
North West Leicestershire, 118.7, (123), 61.8, (64)
East Staffordshire, 118.6, (142), 46.8, (56)
Windsor and Maidenhead, 118.2, (179), 67.4, (102)
Bedford, 117.7, (204), 99.8, (173)
Hillingdon, 117.3, (360), 69.4, (213)
Tonbridge and Malling, 116.5, (154), 51.5, (68)
Redbridge, 116.0, (354), 66.8, (204)
Bolsover, 115.4, (93), 58.3, (47)
Shropshire, 115.1, (372), 44.3, (143)
Ashfield, 114.9, (147), 52.4, (67)
Hounslow, 114.5, (311), 80.7, (219)
Aylesbury Vale, 114.3, (228), 56.2, (112)
Hertsmere, 113.4, (119), 72.4, (76)
Stevenage, 112.7, (99), 30.7, (27)
Cotswold, 111.3, (100), 80.1, (72)
South Cambridgeshire, 111.3, (177), 50.9, (81)
Milton Keynes, 110.6, (298), 70.9, (191)
Worcester, 109.7, (111), 39.5, (40)
Test Valley, 109.4, (138), 69.0, (87)
Chiltern, 108.4, (104), 69.8, (67)
Cherwell, 108.3, (163), 53.2, (80)
Bassetlaw, 108.1, (127), 52.8, (62)
Malvern Hills, 108.0, (85), 44.5, (35)
Broxbourne, 107.9, (105), 70.9, (69)
Rushmoor, 107.8, (102), 57.1, (54)
Brent, 107.3, (354), 81.9, (270)
Wiltshire, 107.2, (536), 54.6, (273)
Three Rivers, 107.2, (100), 84.7, (79)
Croydon, 107.1, (414), 76.0, (294)
Guildford, 106.7, (159), 63.1, (94)
East Riding of Yorkshire, 105.8, (361), 47.2, (161)
Harrow, 105.5, (265), 58.5, (147)
Amber Valley, 105.3, (135), 56.2, (72)
Waverley, 105.3, (133), 57.8, (73)
Stroud, 105.0, (126), 75.0, (90)
Reigate and Banstead, 104.9, (156), 55.8, (83)
Winchester, 104.1, (130), 39.2, (49)
Gravesham, 103.8, (111), 55.2, (59)
Torbay, 103.5, (141), 28.6, (39)
Harlow, 103.4, (90), 50.5, (44)
Allerdale, 102.3, (100), 67.5, (66)
Torridge, 101.1, (69), 105.5, (72)
Eastleigh, 100.3, (134), 47.2, (63)
Sevenoaks, 100.2, (121), 53.0, (64)
Nuneaton and Bedworth, 100.1, (130), 111.6, (145)
Walsall, 97.7, (279), 49.0, (140)
Epping Forest, 97.2, (128), 51.6, (68)
Havering, 97.1, (252), 52.0, (135)
Hart, 96.8, (94), 52.5, (51)
Mid Devon, 96.0, (79), 89.9, (74)
Dartford, 95.9, (108), 65.7, (74)
Ryedale, 95.7, (53), 45.1, (25)
Slough, 95.6, (143), 72.2, (108)
Newark and Sherwood, 95.6, (117), 46.6, (57)
Tunbridge Wells, 95.2, (113), 49.7, (59)
Runnymede, 95.1, (85), 70.5, (63)
Chelmsford, 94.7, (169), 40.9, (73)
Spelthorne, 94.1, (94), 60.1, (60)
Basingstoke and Deane, 94.0, (166), 56.1, (99)
South Bucks, 92.8, (65), 68.5, (48)
East Devon, 92.3, (135), 36.2, (53)
Chichester, 91.6, (111), 72.6, (88)
Plymouth, 91.2, (239), 72.9, (191)
Barking and Dagenham, 91.1, (194), 48.8, (104)
South Staffordshire, 90.7, (102), 62.3, (70)
Bexley, 89.4, (222), 59.2, (147)
Watford, 89.0, (86), 74.6, (72)
East Northamptonshire, 88.9, (84), 60.3, (57)
Worthing, 88.6, (98), 48.8, (54)
Hinckley and Bosworth, 88.4, (100), 66.3, (75)
Basildon, 88.1, (165), 20.3, (38)
Fareham, 86.0, (100), 49.0, (57)
Derbyshire Dales, 85.7, (62), 49.8, (36)
Horsham, 84.8, (122), 41.0, (59)
East Lindsey, 84.7, (120), 36.7, (52)
Somerset West and Taunton, 84.5, (131), 52.2, (81)
Woking, 84.3, (85), 59.5, (60)
Southend-on-Sea, 84.1, (154), 38.2, (70)
Havant, 84.0, (106), 31.7, (40)
Sedgemoor, 83.6, (103), 67.4, (83)
Lewes, 83.3, (86), 41.6, (43)
North Kesteven, 83.0, (97), 30.8, (36)
South Northamptonshire, 82.5, (78), 59.3, (56)
Mansfield, 82.3, (90), 35.7, (39)
Enfield, 82.1, (274), 50.6, (169)
Tandridge, 81.7, (72), 29.5, (26)
Cannock Chase, 81.4, (82), 50.6, (51)
Daventry, 79.1, (68), 38.4, (33)
Gosport, 79.0, (67), 27.1, (23)
New Forest, 78.9, (142), 35.5, (64)
Braintree, 78.0, (119), 36.0, (55)
Hull, 77.8, (202), 30.8, (80)
Bromley, 75.8, (252), 64.1, (213)
Wychavon, 75.7, (98), 29.4, (38)
West Lindsey, 75.3, (72), 37.6, (36)
Peterborough, 74.7, (151), 41.0, (83)
West Berkshire, 73.8, (117), 64.4, (102)
Medway, 73.6, (205), 44.5, (124)
Vale of White Horse, 73.5, (100), 46.3, (63)
Dorset, 73.4, (278), 53.4, (202)
Wealden, 73.1, (118), 29.7, (48)
Surrey Heath, 72.8, (65), 54.9, (49)
Arun, 72.2, (116), 48.5, (78)
Swindon, 71.6, (159), 60.3, (134)
North Lincolnshire, 70.8, (122), 32.5, (56)
Norwich, 70.4, (99), 28.5, (40)
Rochford, 69.8, (61), 42.3, (37)
East Hampshire, 68.7, (84), 36.0, (44)
Maldon, 67.8, (44), 30.8, (20)
South Hams, 66.7, (58), 29.9, (26)
Teignbridge, 66.3, (89), 27.6, (37)
West Oxfordshire, 66.0, (73), 63.3, (70)
Rother, 64.5, (62), 18.7, (18)
Forest of Dean, 63.4, (55), 54.2, (47)
Wellingborough, 62.7, (50), 31.4, (25)
Redditch, 62.2, (53), 31.7, (27)
South Holland, 61.0, (58), 29.5, (28)
Dover, 58.4, (69), 24.5, (29)
North Devon, 57.6, (56), 40.1, (39)
Babergh, 57.6, (53), 30.4, (28)
Wyre Forest, 56.3, (57), 41.5, (42)
Mendip, 56.2, (65), 43.3, (50)
South Kesteven, 56.2, (80), 40.0, (57)
Northampton, 55.7, (125), 45.9, (103)
Huntingdonshire, 54.5, (97), 36.0, (64)
Castle Point, 52.0, (47), 29.9, (27)
Thurrock, 51.0, (89), 41.3, (72)
Herefordshire, 49.8, (96), 37.3, (72)
Folkestone and Hythe, 49.6, (56), 18.6, (21)
South Somerset, 48.7, (82), 20.8, (35)
Ashford, 46.9, (61), 42.3, (55)
Mid Suffolk, 45.2, (47), 18.3, (19)
Tendring, 45.0, (66), 20.5, (30)
Eastbourne, 42.4, (44), 27.0, (28)
East Cambridgeshire, 42.3, (38), 33.4, (30)
Kettering, 42.2, (43), 17.7, (18)
West Suffolk, 41.9, (75), 22.9, (41)
Corby, 41.5, (30), 33.2, (24)
Swale, 40.6, (61), 23.3, (35)
South Norfolk, 36.9, (52), 23.4, (33)
Thanet, 36.6, (52), 24.7, (35)
Fenland, 34.4, (35), 50.1, (51)
West Devon, 32.3, (18), 14.3, (8)
Breckland, 27.1, (38), 17.1, (24)
Broadland, 25.2, (33), 14.5, (19)
Great Yarmouth, 25.2, (25), 6.0, (6)
King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 24.4, (37), 19.8, (30)
East Suffolk, 23.7, (59), 13.6, (34)
Ipswich, 21.2, (29), 22.6, (31)
Isle of Wight, 19.8, (28), 13.4, (19)
North Norfolk, 16.2, (17), 16.2, (17)
