HERE are the latest Covid-19 rates across Cheshire West and East.

According to figures released by Public Health England, 1,849 new cases were recorded in the two boroughs between 4pm on January 6 and 4pm yesterday (Friday, January 7).

This is made up of 976 cases in Cheshire West, taking the total number of cases in the borough since the pandemic began to 76,507.

In Cheshire East there were 873 new cases, with the borough's total now standing at 80,848.

These daily case numbers are down from 1,261 cases recorded in Cheshire West and 1,239 new cases recorded in Cheshire East in the previous 24-hour period.

The latest figures mean 7,707 people have now tested positive for Covid in Cheshire West in the last week.

The borough's seven-day case rate is 2,241.6 per 100,000 of the population.

A total of 7,774 people tested positive in Cheshire East during the same period, taking the borough's case rate to 1,010.5.