BOLTON'S seven-day coronavirus rolling rate has fallen substantially compared to the previous week's figures.

New data shows there were 1,277 new covid-19 cases in the borough in the seven days up to November 13, meaning that the rate per 100,000 people in Bolton who had the virus was 444.1.

This is down from the previous seven days when there were a total of 1,564 cases and the rate was 543.0.

The town has the 35th highest rate in the country, a table that it has previously topped.

However, a majority of areas in England (232 out of 315) have seen a rise in cases.

Hull continues to have the highest rate in England, with 1,976 new cases recorded in the seven days to November 13 - the equivalent of 760.6 cases per 100,000 people.

This is up slightly on 731.8 cases per 100,000 in the seven days to November 6.

Hartlepool has the second highest rate, up sharply from 407.8 to 596.8, with 559 new cases.

Swale is in third place, where the rate has risen from 284.5 to 589.7, with 885 new cases.

Areas recording the biggest week-on-week jumps include Boston (up from 233.7 to 470.3, with 330 new cases); Thanet (up from 290.3 to 520.0, with 738 new cases); and East Lindsey (up from 347.9 to 554.6, with 786 new cases).

The list has been calculated by the PA news agency and is based on Public Health England data published on November 17 on the Government's coronavirus dashboard.

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).

Data for the most recent four days (November 14-17) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.

Here are the 35 local authorities with the highest infection rates in the county. From left to right, it reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to November 13; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to November 13; rate of new cases in the seven days to November 6; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to November 6.

Hull 760.6 (1976), 731.8 (1,901)

Hartlepool 596.8 (559), 407.8 (382)

Swale 589.7 (885), 284.5 (427)

Blackburn with Darwen 575.2 (861), 705.4 (1,056)

Oldham 568.5 (1,348), 764.2 (1,812)

Dudley 565.9 (1,820), 452.1 (1,454)

Stoke-on-Trent 557.8 (1,430), 436.1 (1,118)

East Lindsey 554.6 (786), 347.9 (493)

Kirklees 553.4 (2434), 571.9 (2515)

North East Lincolnshire 537.7 (858), 638.6 (1,019)

Scarborough 533.3 (580), 428.5 (466)

Bradford 532.3 (2,873), 587.1 (3,169)

Oadby and Wigston 527.9 (301), 391.1 (223)

Leicester 526.2 (1,864), 418.7 (1,483)

Rochdale 524.3 (1,166), 618.2 (1,375)

Thanet 520.0 (738), 290.3 (412)

Sandwell 507.5 (1,667), 428.4 (1,407)

Middlesbrough 499.4 (704), 395.1 (557)

Redcar and Cleveland 498.0 (683), 392.3 (538)

Bristol 486.4 (2,254), 461.6 (2,139)

Calderdale 483.8 (1,023), 440.8 (932)

East Riding of Yorkshire 482.2 (1,645), 415.0 (1,416)

Wakefield 480.3 (1,673), 501.3 (1,746)

Bury 473.8 (905), 586.9 (1,121)

Boston 470.3 (330), 233.7 (164)

Blaby 455.1 (462), 332.9 (338)

Newcastle-under-Lyme 454.3 (588), 422.6 (547)

Amber Valley 454.2 (582), 424.5 (544)

South Staffordshire 453.6 (510), 486.5 (547)

Salford 453.2 (1,173), 573.0 (1483)

Stockton-on-Tees 453.0 (894), 396.8 (783)

Newcastle upon Tyne 451.4 (1,367), 370.8 (1,123)

Lincoln 451.2 (448), 325.3 (323)

North Lincolnshire 445.8 (768), 337.2 (581)

Bolton 444.1 (1,277), 543.9 (1564)