HERE are the latest Covid case rates in Cheshire West and Cheshire East.

According to figures released by Public Health England, 716 new cases were recorded in the two boroughs between 4pm on February 9 and 4pm today.

This is made up of 372 cases in Cheshire West, taking the total number of cases in the borough since the pandemic began to 99,058.

In Cheshire East, there were 344 new cases, with the borough's total now standing at 104,657.

These latest figures mean 2,887 people have now tested positive for Covid in Cheshire West in the last seven days.

The borough's seven-day case rate is 839.7 per 100,000 of the population.

A total of 3,125 people tested positive in Cheshire East during the same period, taking the borough's case rate to 808.2.