Coronavirus case rates have continued to fall across most of England- here’s a look at the areas with the highest and lowest levels of cases recently.
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The 20 UTLA areas with the highest prevalence of COVID-19 cases
The following upper-tier local authority areas in England had the highest rates of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in the seven-day period ending 9 February 2021.
| UTLA Area | Cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people |
| Rutland | 405.74 |
| Walsall | 362.20 |
| Sandwell | 358.05 |
| Middlesbrough | 331.96 |
| St. Helens | 326.16 |
| Knowsley | 310.88 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 286.58 |
| Luton | 284.91 |
| Bolton | 281.69 |
| Peterborough | 279.84 |
| Slough | 270.16 |
| Leicester | 269.60 |
| Nottingham | 264.04 |
| Sunderland | 261.79 |
| Wolverhampton | 258.96 |
| Birmingham | 256.35 |
| Bedford | 252.75 |
| Liverpool | 249.98 |
| Sefton | 249.63 |
| Ealing | 248.39 |
The 20 UTLA areas with the lowest prevalence of COVID-19 cases
The following upper-tier local authority areas in England had the lowest rates of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in the seven-day period ending 9 February 2021.
| UTLA Area | Cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people |
| Devon | 56.21 |
| Plymouth | 58.37 |
| County of Herefordshire | 74.17 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 76.20 |
| Camden | 79.62 |
| Brighton and Hove | 88.01 |
| Gloucestershire | 88.06 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 88.47 |
| Suffolk | 90.63 |
| Tower Hamlets | 94.54 |
| Torbay | 96.14 |
| Islington | 98.16 |
| Hackney and City of London | 101.02 |
| Westminster | 101.41 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 101.53 |
| East Sussex | 103.01 |
| Oxfordshire | 103.08 |
| Wokingham | 103.44 |
| Kent | 104.90 |
| York | 106.83 |
UTLA areas where there has been an increase in the COVID-19 case rate recently
The following upper-tier local authority areas in England saw an increase in their rates of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in the seven-day period ending 9 February 2021, compared to the previous 7-day period.
| UTLA Area | Cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people |
| Rutland | 405.74 |
| Calderdale | 223.69 |
| Bradford | 236.58 |
| Rotherham | 224.93 |
| City of Kingston upon Hull | 167.07 |
| Barnsley | 202.13 |
| Bolton | 281.69 |
