Knowsley and Liverpool now have the highest coronavirus infection rates of any area in England.
The rate of infection per 100,000 people in Knowsley is 574.4, which is the highest rate of infection yet recorded in England.
Liverpool has the second highest rate of infection for the week ending October 4 with 551.6.
Both areas now have a rate higher than Manchester, which had been the area with the highest infection rate, but it has now fallen slightly to 541.6.
Knowsley recorded 867 positive tests in the week ending October 4, an increase of 362 on the previous week.
In Liverpool, there were 2,747 confirmed cases, which is up 1,042 on the week before - an increase of 61%.
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There was also a large increase in Sefton, which recorded 969 cases - equivalent to an infection rate of 350.6
St. Helens now has an infection rate of 332.8 after reporting more than 600 cases in a week for the first time.
In Halton, there were 424 positive tests bringing the infection rate per 100,000 people up to 327.6.
In Wirral, there is an infection rate of 234.9 following 761 cases.
For Merseyside and Halton - which is the entire Liverpool CIty Region - there were over 6,000 cases for the first time.
The infection rate for England meanwhile is 117.4 per 100,000 people.
