The latest infection rates for Mansfield and Ashfield as Covid-19 case numbers fall

In Mansfield the infection rate now stands at 341.2 new cases per 100,000 people. This amounts to 373 new cases in the week to November 12 – the latest week for which NHS figures are available.

Data for the most recent four days (November 13-16) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.

In the week to November 5, the infection rate was 380.6 new cases per 100,000 people, which meant there were 416 confirmed new cases in the town.

A majority of areas in England (238 out of 315) have seen a rise in case rates.

But Ashfield also saw its infection rate fall in the most recent week on record. The rate there now stands at 312.7, meaning 400 new cases were confirmed in the week to November 12.

In the week to November 5 the infection rate in Ashfield was 330.7 per 100,000 people, with 423 new cases reported.

Hull has the highest rate in England, with 2,017 new cases recorded in the seven days to November 12 – the equivalent of 776.4 cases per 100,000 people.

This is up from 686.0 cases per 100,000 in the seven days to November 5.

Oldham has the second highest rate, which has fallen from 800.5 to 598.0, with 1,418 new cases.

This is the largest week-on-week drop in rates in the country.