The 23 UK areas where lockdown isn't working and…

The 23 UK areas where lockdown isn't working and Covid-19 cases are still rising

Lockdown appears to be working across most of the UK - but a look a government data reveals the measures aren't having the desired effect everywhere.

The latest figures show 93% of local authority areas in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have recorded a drop in new cases, but 23 have seen a week-on-week rise, The Mirror reports.

Of the 315 local areas in England, 12 (4%) saw cases rise, while infections fell in 301 (95%). The numbers in two local authorities remain unchanged.

The highest week-on-week increase in England was in Copeland, Cumbria, where the rate has risen from 177.5 to 237.6, with 162 new cases.

These areas aren't necessarily the ones worse-hit by Covid-19 so far, however.

The highest case rate in the UK was in Corby, Northamptonshire, with 277 new cases recorded in the seven days to February 10 - the equivalent of 383.6 cases per 100,000 people.

But this was down from 468.0 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to February 3, suggesting lockdown is having a positive impact there.

In the North East as a whole, cases per 100,000 stood at 164 per 100,000 in the week to February 15, a fall on the previous week's figure, but slightly higher than the average across England, of 138 per 100,000.

The places recording week-on-week rises were: