New towns and city added to government coronavirus watchlist - the 29 UK areas affected

By Lizzie Day
Published 11th Aug 2020, 10:52 BST
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Public Health England have revealed the 29 areas across on the country that are on the government’s weekly Covid-19 watchlist, due to a rising number of infections.

The government’s weekly watchlist, which aims to monitor and impose restrictions on local authorities which have high rates of coronavirus, is based on Public Health England data taken between July 24 and July 30.

At a local authority level, Blackburn and Darwen had the highest number of Covid-19 cases with an upwards trend of 80.6 positive cases per 100,000 people in the week ending July 30.

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However this was a reduction on the number of new cases, on the previous week.

Public Health England have revealed the 29 local authorities that are on the government's coronavirus watch list due to a rising number of infections.Public Health England have revealed the 29 local authorities that are on the government's coronavirus watch list due to a rising number of infections.
Public Health England have revealed the 29 local authorities that are on the government's coronavirus watch list due to a rising number of infections.

Households in the Blackburn and Darwen area are not allowed to visit over households, as part of new local lockdown measures to control the spread of the virus.

These are 29 local authorities with high overall infection rates that now on the watchlist:

Blackburn with Darwen

Oldham