What are the Covid infection rates in the Midlands from highest to lowest?

These figures show the seven day rolling average for Coronavirus infections in each local authority area.

That's the number of people who have tested positive per 100,000 of the population.

The lists show:

• the names of local authorities from highest to lowest for infections

• followed by the rate per 100,000 people

• then the percentage change from the previous week

This is where each local authority area stands in terms of case rates up to 14 January.

There is finally some good news, writes political reporter Gareth Owen. 

Rates are trending down in the UK, and in both the East and West Midlands, with some areas even seeing a significant drop in numbers. 

Elsewhere, the weekly percentage growth is much reduced, and I expect a lot of areas to go into decline over the weekend.  The brakes have definitely come on this week. 

Fingers crossed it continues!

• West Midlands

Local authority / Rate / % change

Wolverhampton 997.1 / 13.1

Sandwell 960.9 / 24.4

Birmingham 781.9 / 24.6

Walsall 780.1 / 10.4

Worcester 771.6 / 42.8

Dudley 676.6 / 7.4

Bromsgrove 656.8 / 21.5

South Staffordshire 621.7 / 2.9

West Midlands average 617.1 / 16.3

East Staffordshire 617.1 / 11.1

Cannock Chase 591.5 / 6.4

UK average 583.4 / -0.2

Telford and Wrekin 558.2 / 38.7

Coventry 550.4 / 16.6

Rugby 527.8 / 7.9

Wychavon 526.1 / 36.5

Solihull 520.9 / 3.1

Tamworth 504.6 / 19.8

Nuneaton and Bedworth 497.4 / 1.7

Wyre Forest 493.6 / 14.2

Lichfield 477.3 / 5.9

Stafford 458.2 / 5.7

Shropshire 452.4 / 34.1

Stoke-on-Trent 436.9 / 13

North Warwickshire 386.1 / -15.7

Herefordshire 383.3 / 18.6

Stratford-on-Avon 344.4 / 0.9

Newcastle-under-Lyme 335.3 / 5.9

Warwick 324.2 / -18.1

Cheltenham 319 / 14.5

Malvern Hills 302.4 / 19.6

Staffordshire Moorlands 258 / -10.9

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• East Midlands

Local authority / Rate / % change

Corby 938.8 / 25.3

Northampton 878.4 / 13.4

Derby 667.3 / 17

Ashfield 594.9 / 0.3

Wellingborough 587.2 / 17.3

UK average 583.4 / -0.2

Leicester 572.8 / 16.6

Mansfield 564.4 / 29.1

Peterborough 543.4 / 11.6

Daventry 534 / -4.6

South Northamptonshire 508 / -18.8

Oadby and Wigston 499.9 / -8.9

Amber Valley 498.6 / -6

Nottingham 495.9 / 26.7

Bolsover 491.5 / 24.9

Kettering 485.4 / 8.3

Gedling 483.5 / 8.2

East Midlands average 454.4 / 7.3

South Derbyshire 454 / 8.7

Blaby 431.4 / 9.8

Erewash 416.9 / 11.6

Chesterfield 400.4 / 31.2

Newark and Sherwood 386.4 / 20.7

East Northants 381.9 / 8.1

High Peak 378.8 / 37.1

Broxtowe 366.6 / 1.5

Rushcliffe 361.6 / 6.9

South Kesteven 357.4 / -19.5

North West Leicestershire 353.2 / -6.6

Harborough 351.8 / -24.3

Lincoln 349.4 / -3.9

Hinckley & Bosworth 344.7 / 5.7

North East Derbyshire 335.1 / -4.2

Charnwood 333.1 / 6.9

South Holland 288.4 / -0.4

Melton 283.2 / -7.1

North Kesteven 282.3 / -7.6

Boston 273.6 / 2.1

Bassetlaw 273.3 / -16.2

Rutland 248 / -16.1

Derbyshire Dales 244.7 / 5.4

West Lindsey 242.5 / -7.2

East Lindsey 160.9 / -18.9

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