Covid cases are on the rise across the country - and these nine areas of the North East have the highest infection rates.
According to the latest seven-day figures from the Government's Covid data map, parts of County Durham, Sunderland, North Tyneside, Newcastle, Gateshead and Northumberland have high rates of infection.
Pallion South and High Barnes in Sunderland saw the sharpest rise, with cases up 262.5% to 29, with a rate of infection of 505.1 per 100,000 people. Meanwhile, areas in County Durham and Gateshead, including Belmont and Carrville, Blaydon North and Winlaton Mill, also showed steep increases over a week. Scroll down to see which nine North East areas had the highest infection rates for the seven–day period ending on June 26.
