A 'local lockdown' has been imposed on Leicester as part of the government's strategy to stop unmanageable flare-ups of the coronavirus.
The tighter restrictions will potentially see some shops closing and schools shut to most children.
These restrictions could be imposed on other parts of the country if similar spikes occur, the Liverpool Echo has reported.
A regional rise in cases could result in localised lockdowns, the health secretary Matt Hancock said last month.
According to The Mirror, new confirmed cases have been rising across 36 of the 151 upper-tier local authorities in England.
The current method used to control the virus focuses on closing down businesses and schools, alongside contact tracing those affected.
And Prime Minister Boris Johnson has described the targeted move as a "whack-a-mole" strategy.
But it remains unclear how a lockdown in a particular town or city could actually work in practice.
The areas with spiking Covid-19 cases
Barking and Dagenham
Derbyshire
Doncaster
Ealing
Enfield
Gateshead
Gloucestershire
Hammersmith and Fulham
Haringey
Harrow
Havering
Hounslow
Isle of Wight
Kensington and Chelsea
Leicester
Medway
Milton Keynes
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Redbridge
Redcar and Cleveland
Richmond upon Thames
Sandwell
Slough
Suffolk
Sunderland
Tower Hamlets
Wakefield
Walsall
Wandsworth
Westminster
Wigan
Wiltshire
Windsor and Maidenhead
York
