Areas across North Tyneside , Northumberland and County Durham are facing the highest rates of Covid-19, new figures show.
Across the UK, the Government's official figures show the case rate per 100,000 people has fallen to 636.3. That's the third day in a row that the rate has fallen more than 20% compared to a week earlier, though at this stage it is difficult to separate how much this is due to the reduced availability of Covid-19 testing and how much is due to the virus' spread slowing.
This comes after the Office for National Statistics showed that one in every 13 people had Covid-19 last week. Fewer tests are being taken in the North East, the latest data shows hundreds are still testing positive each day. Free Covid-19 testing ended on March 31.
