Latest Covid-19 infection rates for South Yorkshire, as Sheffield's drops below 300

In Sheffield the infection rate now stands at 291.4 new cases per 100,000 people. This amounts to 1,704 new cases in the week to November 14 – the latest week for which NHS figures are available.

Data for the most recent four days (November 15-18) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.

In the week to November 7, the infection rate was 358.2 new cases per 100,000 people, which meant there were 2,095 confirmed new cases in the city.

A majority of areas in England (229 out of 315) have seen a rise in case rates.

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However, the infection rate has fallen in every local authority area in South Yorkshire.

In Doncaster the rate fell from 459.5 in the week to November 7 to 355.9 in the week that followed. This reflects a fall in the number of new cases from 1,433 to 1,110.

During the same period in Barnsley it fell from 466.2 to 401.4. In Rotherham the infection rate fell from 428.4 in the week to November 7 to 374.1 in the week to November 14.

However, this was a small rise on yesterday’s figures for Rotherham, which reported 975 new cases in the week to November 13. In all other South Yorkshire areas the number of new cases has been going down each day.

Hull continues to have the highest rate in England, with 1,952 new cases recorded in the seven days to November 14 – the equivalent of 751.4 cases per 100,000 people.