The Covid case rate in Burnley is below the national average.The Covid case rate in Burnley is below the national average.
The Covid case rate in Burnley is below the national average.

Covid near me: These are the area's of Burnley where the case rate is falling fastest

The latest Covid figures for Burnley show several areas of the town have a case rate significantly lower than the national average.

In all, every ward has numbers lower than the excess of the average for England, which is a case rate of 442.5 per 100,000 people.

In Lancashire that is 437.0 while Burnley itself comes in at 270.0.

It comes as the NHS delivered a record number of boosters last week. Around 1.7 million coronavirus booster jabs were given out – the highest weekly total yet, the NHS in England said.

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