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Blackburn overtakes Leicester as UK’s coronavirus hotspot after new cases double – Mirror Online
The number of new coronavirus infections in Blackburn with Darwen, in Lancashire, has almost doubled in the past week and its cases rate has passed Leicester’s, official figures show
Blackburn with Darwen is overtaking Leicester as England’s coronavirus hotspot as cases double, official figures show, triggering fresh warnings a local lockdown could be imposed.
The area in Lancashire – where new measures are already in place to curb the spread of Covid-19 – had the highest infection rate in England in the seven days up to Friday (July 17), according to the latest official data from NHS Digital.
Blackburn with Darwen had 79.2 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 residents as new infec…
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