Here is Monday’s update of the rolling seven-day rate of new cases of Covid-19 for every local authority area in England.

The figures, for the seven days to November 26, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government’s testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).

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

Data for the most recent four days (November 27-30) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.

A majority of areas in England (294 out of 315) have seen a fall in case rates.

In Southend, a total of 211 new cases recorded in the seven days to November 26 with a rate of 115.2, compared to 283 cases and a rate of 154.5 in the seven days to November 19.

In Castle Point, the rate fell from 209.1 to 178.1, with 161 new cases, and Rochford fell from a rate of 140.8 to 130.5, with 114 confirmed cases.

However, in Basildon, the rate has risen. There was a case rate of 290.6 with 544 cases in the run up to November 26, compared to a rate of 266.6, or 499 cases in the lead up to November 19.

Swale in Kent continues to have the highest rate in England, with 832 new cases recorded in the seven days to November 26 – the equivalent of 554.4 cases per 100,000 people.

This is down very slightly from 563.0 in the seven days to November 19.

Medway – also in Kent – has the second highest rate, up from 395.6 to 496.5, with 1,383 new cases.

Boston in Lincolnshire is in third place, where the rate has risen slightly from 451.7 to 481.7, with 338 new cases.

After Medway, the areas with the biggest week-on-week jump in rates are Dover (up from 254.0 to 331.0, with 391 new cases); Harlow (up from 172.3 to 224.0, with 195 new cases); and Maidstone (up from 263.6 to 313.1, with 538 new cases).

The list has been calculated based on Public Health England data published on November 30 on the Government’s coronavirus dashboard.