Across most of the North East Covid-19 rates continue to fall by between 20 and 30% compared to a week earlier - but this is far from the case in every area as places like Wallsend and Hebburn see a surge of positive tests.
According to the Government's latest data, close to one in five local areas in our region saw a rise in cases in the week to April 24. This suggests that while the trend is generally negative and the "R number" has fallen to between 0.7 and 0.9 - meaning the virus's prevalence is falling - hundreds of people are still falling ill due to it throughout our communities.
This comes as the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics suggest around one in 25 people are thought to have had Covid-19. That's around 2.4 million people. But it is a fall week-on-week.
