THE latest Covid-19 figures show a rise in cases in South Somerset.

Numbers also show a rise in the rate of infection.

The figures, for the seven days to January 29, updated on Wednesday, February 2, are based on the number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in a lab-reported test, plus, in England, positive rapid lateral flow tests that do not have a negative confirmatory lab-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test within 72 hours.

South Somerset, South-west England, 1011.3, (1706), 952.6, (1607).

It reads, from left to right: name of the local authority; nation or region of the local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to January 29; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to January 29; rate of new cases in the seven days to January 22; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to January 22.

The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.

Data for the most recent four days (January 30-February 2) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.

The list has been calculated by the PA news agency using data published on February 2 on the Government’s coronavirus dashboard.