Covid cases are continuing to plummet in Knowsley, which was once the country’s virus capital.
In the week up to February 23, Knowsley registered 215 cases at a rate of 143 per 100,000.
That is significantly down on the 322 cases recorded the week before at a rate of 213 per 100,000.
The welcome news comes in the week that the Prime Minister announced the roadmap out of lockdown for England.
Speaking on Monday, Boris Johnson said English schools will reopen to all pupils on March 8.
The 'rule of six' will return on March 29, with groups of up to six or two households of a larger size being allowed to meet outdoors.
Subsequent stages will see non-essential retail and gyms reopening no sooner than April 12.
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After that the rule of six will return indoors no sooner than May 17, with nightclubs and mass sporting events to resume no earlier than June 21.
Across our region
In the rest of the Liverpool City Region, case numbers are also falling.
Halton saw its infection rate fall to 97 per 100,000 from 165, making it the least infected part of the city region.
Liverpool’s rate has fallen to 126, a welcome decline from 176 last week.
St Helens continues to have the highest rate in the borough at 186, but that is down from 254 a week earlier.
In Sefton, the infection rate has fallen to 110 from 153.
In Wirral, the rate has fallen more slowly, but it is still down, from 118 last week to 98 this week.
