Areas of Northumberland and North Tyneside remain Covid-19 blackspots even as case rates continue to fall around our region.
The UK-wide weekly rate of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people is now down to 217.8 - that's the lowest it has been since June 2021. However, places like Wallsend, Longhoughton and Alnmouth still have case rates above 500.
The steady falls in Covid-19 prevalence seen in the past month since free mass Covid-19 testing ended have begun to slow - and in some areas of the North East, cases have jumped in recent days. This comes as the latest hospitalisation figures show how the number of Covid-19 positive people in hospitals in our region has fallen too.
