Cases of Covid-19 on the rise in Kirklees, but rates falling in Bradford and Calderdale

Figures for the seven days to August 14 show the rate in the borough was up to 33.9 cases per 100,000 people from 27.5 per 100,000, with 149 new cases.

The Government announced on Friday that Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale would remain under rules preventing people from meeting in private homes or gardens for at least another week while coronavirus rates remained high.

The figures have improved in Bradford, which has the sixth highest rate of infection in England.

The rate has dropped from 56.5 per 100,000 people in the seven days to August 7, to 53.7 per 100,000, with 290 new cases.

There has also been a fall in Calderdale, with cases down to 37.4 per 100,000 people from 48.2.

All local authorities in Yorkshire have had new cases - with the lowest numbers seen in Ryedale where there were two new cases.

Selby, whose rate was the lowest in the region at 2.2 per 100,000 people, also had two new cases in the seven days to August 14.

Northampton continues to have the highest rate in England, thanks to an outbreak at the Greencore sandwich factory, the equivalent of 122.9 per 100,000 people.

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).

Meanwhile eight people with links to a working men’s club in County Durham have tested positive for coronavirus.

People who visited Stanley Empire Club on August 9, 10 and 11 have been asked to self-isolate for 14 days from the date of their visit. They have been asked to ensure other people in their household also self-isolate for the two weeks.

The club has shut and others in Stanley have also closed following the outbreak.