The 18 areas in England that are 'coronavirus free' with an infection rate of zero

As coronavirus cases spike in some parts of England, there are almost 20 areas where the rolling seven-day rate of new confirmed infections is zero.

They include Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, North and West Devon, the Isle of Wight, Scarborough in North Yorkshire, and Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.

Some of those places have had a rolling Covid-19 infection rate of 0.0 for multiple weeks, while others saw their rate drop to zero from as high as 6.3 in the seven days up to July 19.

The rate is based on tests carried out in laboratories and in the wider community, so even though it is 0.0 it is possible that some residents are infected with the new strain of coronavirus, but they haven't been tested or aren't showing any symptoms.

Rother, in East Sussex, saw its rate drop from 6.3 cases per 100,000 people to zero. Staffordshire Moorlands went from 6.1 to 0.0.

Some of the 18 local authorities with a rate of 0.0 are popular holiday destinations and will likely see an increase in visitors this summer as many Britons opt for staycations over holidays abroad.

Residents should continue to take precautions and follow social distancing and lockdown rules, as the virus continues to be a threat.

The figures are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government's testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).

The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.

Data for the most recent three days (July 20-22) has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be revised.

These are the 18 local authorities with a rate of 0.0.

Based on Public Health England figures, the list shows the rate of new cases in the seven days to July 19, followed by the equivalent figure for the previous seven days to July 12.

• Barrow-in-Furness 0.0, 0.0
• North Devon 0.0, 0.0
• West Devon 0.0, 0.0
• Ryedale 0.0, 0.0
• Mid Suffolk 0.0, 0.0
• Isle of Wight 0.0, 0.0
• Scarborough 0.0, 0.0
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk 0.0, 0.7
• Great Yarmouth 0.0, 1.0

Scarborough (pictured last year) is one of the places with a rolling infection rate of 0.0 (Andy Stenning/Daily Mirror)

• Hart 0.0, 1.0
• Mole Valley 0.0, 1.1
• Test Valley 0.0, 2.4
• Sedgemoor 0.0, 2.4
• Adur 0.0, 3.1
• Torridge 0.0, 4.4
• Malvern Hills 0.0, 5.1
• Staffordshire Moorlands 0.0, 6.1
• Rother 0.0, 6.3

Blackburn with Darwen has overtaken Leicester as England's coronavirus hotspot.

In Blackburn with Darwen, the rate has jumped from 48.3 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to July 12 to 79.9 in the seven days to July 19, with 119 new cases recorded.

Second on the list is Leicester, where the rate has gone down from 110.6 to 71.8, and where 255 new cases have been recorded.

Other areas reporting notable week-on-week jumps include:

• Oadby and Wigston (up from 35.1 to 68.4, with 39 new cases recorded in the seven days to July 19)
• Rochdale (up from 33.6 to 47.3, with 104 new cases)
• Hyndburn (up from 4.9 to 38.4, with 31 new cases)
• Sandwell (up from 8.6 to 23.2, with 76 new cases)

Women wear protective face masks in public in Blackburn with Darwen (REUTERS)

Here is a list of the remaining local authorities, from the highest rates to the lowest.

• Blackburn with Darwen 79.9, 48.3
• Leicester 71.8, 110.6
• Oadby and Wigston 68.4, 35.1
• Rochdale 47.3, 33.6
• Bradford 40.6, 38.3
• Hyndburn 38.4, 4.9
• Eden 30.3, 9.5
• Pendle 29.5, 77.7
• Kirklees 28.0, 27.8
• Luton 27.6, 25.2
• Northampton 27.1, 21.3
• Carlisle 24.9, 18.5
• Herefordshire 24.5, 36.4
• Rotherham 23.4, 16.6
• Sandwell 23.2, 8.6
• Calderdale 21.9, 22.4
• Ashford 21.7, 10.8
• Eastbourne 21.3, 22.3
• Corby 18.4, 9.9

• Oldham 18.2, 16.6
• Wakefield 18.0, 19.1
• Peterborough 17.9, 32.8
• Gravesham 17.9, 11.3
• Hackney and City of London 16.3, 5.2
• Braintree 15.8, 22.4
• Burnley 15.8, 12.4
• Bolton 15.8, 15.8
• East Staffordshire 15.2, 29.5
• Barnsley 14.3, 11.0
• Bedford 13.4, 7.0
• Thanet 13.4, 13.4
• Manchester 13.1, 13.7
• Blaby 12.9, 10.0
• Kettering 12.8, 25.7
• Dartford 12.8, 16.4
• Birmingham 11.7, 7.0
• Sheffield 11.2, 13.7
• Salford 11.0, 14.5
• Walsall 10.9, 9.2

Shoppers wear masks in Manchester a day before wearing one in shops becomes compulsory (Daily Mirror/Andy Stenning)

• North Warwickshire 10.8, 0.0
• Bury 10.5, 3.7
• Trafford 10.2, 5.9
• Rutland 10.1, 5.0
• Fylde 10.0, 10.0
• Preston 9.9, 7.8
• Canterbury 9.7, 7.3
• Watford 9.3, 2.1
• Solihull 8.8, 4.7
• Southend-on-Sea 8.8, 7.7
• Telford and Wrekin 8.4, 6.7
• Swindon 8.1, 5.0
• Crawley 8.0, 2.7
• Stockport 7.9, 3.8
• Nuneaton and Bedworth 7.8, 12.4
• Dover 7.7, 10.3
• Tendring 7.5, 2.7
• East Northamptonshire 7.5, 18.1
• Allerdale 7.2, 2.1
• Daventry 7.1, 2.4
• Lincoln 7.1, 3.0
• Rossendale 7.1, 7.1
• Sefton 6.9, 7.3
• Uttlesford 6.7, 0.0
• Redbridge 6.6, 3.6
• Newark and Sherwood 6.6, 0.8
• Charnwood 6.6, 11.0
• Coventry 6.5, 2.7
• Oxford 6.5, 9.1
• Maidstone 6.5, 1.2

• South Cambridgeshire 6.3, 5.7
• West Lindsey 6.3, 5.3
• Hinckley and Bosworth 6.2, 5.3
• Folkestone and Hythe 6.2, 7.1
• Leeds 6.2, 8.0
• Havering 6.2, 4.3
• St Albans 6.1, 12.9
• Central Bedfordshire 6.0, 4.9
• Newham 6.0, 3.7
• Fenland 5.9, 5.9
• North West Leicestershire 5.9, 6.9
• Melton 5.9, 9.8
• Barnet 5.9, 3.6
• Derby 5.8, 6.6
• Waltham Forest 5.8, 3.3
• Hull 5.8, 1.9
• Middlesbrough 5.7, 2.1
• Huntingdonshire 5.6, 1.7
• Cheshire West and Chester 5.6, 10.0
• Reading 5.5, 5.5
• Wandsworth 5.5, 4.0
• Mansfield 5.5, 0.0
• High Peak 5.4, 3.3
• Harborough 5.4, 14.1
• Enfield 5.4, 1.2
• Basildon 5.4, 6.5
• Hartlepool 5.4, 3.2
• Craven 5.3, 0.0
• Bexley 5.3, 6.1
• Brentwood 5.2, 7.8

• Haringey 5.2, 4.4
• Doncaster 5.2, 7.4
• Wellingborough 5.0, 7.5
• Wealden 5.0, 6.2
• Cheshire East 5.0, 3.4
• Chichester 5.0, 1.7
• Wolverhampton 5.0, 3.8
• Woking 4.9, 6.9
• Tameside 4.9, 8.9
• Lewes 4.9, 6.8
• Lichfield 4.8, 3.8
• Slough 4.7, 5.4
• Cherwell 4.7, 1.3
• Mid Sussex 4.7, 2.0
• Hillingdon 4.6, 4.9
• West Oxfordshire 4.6, 2.7
• Nottingham 4.5, 2.1
• Teignbridge 4.5, 0.8
• Wyre 4.5, 1.8
• Tower Hamlets 4.4, 6.3
• West Lancashire 4.4, 2.6
• Warrington 4.3, 3.3
• Lewisham 4.3, 3.3
• Bassetlaw 4.3, 8.6
• Barking and Dagenham 4.2, 2.8
• East Devon 4.2, 1.4
• Hounslow 4.1, 4.8
• Swale 4.0, 4.0
• Cannock Chase 4.0, 10.0
• Wigan 4.0, 3.7

Visitors queue to enter Windsor Castle which has reopened to the public (PA)

• Windsor and Maidenhead 4.0, 4.0
• Worcester 3.9, 2.9
• Rugby 3.7, 11.2
• Stafford 3.7, 2.9
• Newcastle upon Tyne 3.7, 3.3
• Worthing 3.6, 4.5
• Redditch 3.5, 0.0
• Stoke-on-Trent 3.5, 10.6
• Aylesbury Vale 3.5, 4.5
• North Lincolnshire 3.5, 1.7
• Thurrock 3.5, 5.8
• Surrey Heath 3.4, 2.3
• Islington 3.3, 2.5
• Knowsley 3.3, 3.3
• Castle Point 3.3, 5.6
• Sevenoaks 3.3, 6.7
• Dacorum 3.2, 5.2
• Medway 3.2, 5.0
• Hastings 3.2, 1.1
• Kensington and Chelsea 3.2, 2.6
• South Holland 3.2, 6.4
• Amber Valley 3.2, 4.7
• West Berkshire 3.2, 1.9
• Southwark 3.2, 3.2
• Westminster 3.1, 4.7
• North East Lincolnshire 3.1, 0.0
• Chiltern 3.1, 5.2
• Maldon 3.1, 1.6
• Newcastle-under-Lyme 3.1, 6.2
• Epping Forest 3.1, 2.3

• Bromsgrove 3.0, 4.1
• Eastleigh 3.0, 1.5
• Spelthorne 3.0, 2.0
• Vale of White Horse 3.0, 3.7
• North East Derbyshire 3.0, 1.0
• Sutton 2.9, 4.4
• Redcar and Cleveland 2.9, 1.5
• Ealing 2.9, 2.3
• Merton 2.9, 2.4
• Blackpool 2.9, 7.9
• South Derbyshire 2.9, 2.9
• South Lakeland 2.9, 1.0
• Chesterfield 2.9, 4.8
• South Bucks 2.9, 2.9
• Kingston upon Thames 2.8, 1.7
• Liverpool 2.8, 4.2
• Darlington 2.8, 1.9
• Derbyshire Dales 2.8, 0.0
• Lambeth 2.8, 4.0
• Brighton and Hove 2.8, 2.8
• South Ribble 2.7, 4.5
• Guildford 2.7, 2.7
• East Hertfordshire 2.7, 1.4
• Camden 2.7, 1.9
• Broxtowe 2.6, 4.4
• Tamworth 2.6, 5.2
• Somerset West and Taunton 2.6, 1.9
• Tunbridge Wells 2.5, 14.4
• Sunderland 2.5, 2.5
• Arun 2.5, 1.3

Final preparations are made at Chatsworth House in Bakewell, Derbyshire which reopens to the public on Monday (PA)

• Gateshead 2.5, 3.5
• Bracknell Forest 2.5, 4.1
• Harrow 2.4, 5.2
• Waverley 2.4, 0.8
• Cambridge 2.4, 4.0
• Halton 2.3, 2.3
• Gloucester 2.3, 0.8
• Forest of Dean 2.3, 1.2
• Harlow 2.3, 1.2
• Exeter 2.3, 3.1
• Rochford 2.3, 4.6
• Wycombe 2.3, 2.9
• Chelmsford 2.3, 2.3
• North Hertfordshire 2.3, 1.5
• Selby 2.2, 3.4
• East Cambridgeshire 2.2, 0.0
• West Suffolk 2.2, 1.1
• New Forest 2.2, 1.1
• Wiltshire 2.2, 2.6
• Babergh 2.2, 0.0
• Wirral 2.2, 4.6
• South Northamptonshire 2.2, 6.5
• East Lindsey 2.1, 1.4
• South Gloucestershire 2.1, 0.4
• Warwick 2.1, 0.7
• Rushmoor 2.1, 1.1
• County Durham 2.1, 2.7
• Bath and North East Somerset 2.1, 1.0
• Broxbourne 2.1, 7.2
• Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2.0, 1.0

• Wyre Forest 2.0, 0.0
• Bristol 1.9, 2.2
• Hertsmere 1.9, 3.8
• York 1.9, 3.3
• Richmondshire 1.9, 1.9
• North Somerset 1.9, 2.3
• Harrogate 1.9, 5.0
• Portsmouth 1.9, 2.8
• South Staffordshire 1.8, 2.7
• Greenwich 1.7, 2.4
• Mendip 1.7, 0.9
• Erewash 1.7, 2.6
• North Kesteven 1.7, 3.4
• Fareham 1.7, 5.2
• Chorley 1.7, 1.7
• Cheltenham 1.7, 2.6
• Rushcliffe 1.7, 6.8
• Gedling 1.7, 1.7
• St. Helens 1.7, 1.7
• Ribble Valley 1.7, 3.3
• East Hampshire 1.7, 1.7
• Ashfield 1.6, 3.1
• Wychavon 1.6, 7.1
• Northumberland 1.6, 1.9
• Colchester 1.6, 2.1
• Richmond upon Thames 1.5, 0.5
• Stockton-on-Tees 1.5, 4.1
• Plymouth 1.5, 1.1
• Brent 1.5, 3.9
• Bromley 1.5, 1.8
• Torbay 1.5, 0.7
• Elmbridge 1.5, 5.9
• Copeland 1.5, 2.9
• North Tyneside 1.5, 2.4
• South Norfolk 1.4, 0.7
• Boston 1.4, 0.0
• Breckland 1.4, 0.0
• South Oxfordshire 1.4, 5.0
• Norwich 1.4, 2.1
• South Kesteven 1.4, 2.1
• Horsham 1.4, 2.8
• Reigate and Banstead 1.4, 2.7
• Bolsover 1.3, 1.3
• Epsom and Ewell 1.3, 7.5
• Dudley 1.2, 1.9
• Mid Devon 1.2, 2.4
• South Somerset 1.2, 0.6
• Wokingham 1.2, 6.5
• Southampton 1.2, 5.1
• Gosport 1.2, 2.3
• South Hams 1.2, 0.0
• Tandridge 1.1, 2.3
• Stevenage 1.1, 0.0
• Basingstoke and Deane 1.1, 0.6
• Runnymede 1.1, 5.7
• Cotswold 1.1, 1.1
• Hambleton 1.1, 1.1
• Tewkesbury 1.1, 3.2
• Hammersmith and Fulham 1.1, 1.6
• Three Rivers 1.1, 4.3
• Dorset 1.1, 1.9
• Croydon 1.0, 3.1
• North Norfolk 1.0, 1.0
• East Riding of Yorkshire 0.9, 2.4
• Stroud 0.8, 0.8
• Welwyn Hatfield 0.8, 5.7
• East Suffolk 0.8, 2.0
• Winchester 0.8, 1.6
• Havant 0.8, 1.6
• Stratford-on-Avon 0.8, 4.7
• Broadland 0.8, 0.8
• Tonbridge and Malling 0.8, 0.8
• Milton Keynes 0.7, 2.2
• Ipswich 0.7, 2.9
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 0.7, 1.2
• Lancaster 0.7, 1.4
• South Tyneside 0.7, 2.7
• Shropshire 0.6, 3.7