Chesterfield's latest Covid-19 infection rate as cases rise in two Derbyshire areas

In Chesterfield the infection rate now stands at 315.5 new cases per 100,000 people. This amounts to 331 new cases in the week to November 13 – the latest week for which NHS figures are available.

Data for the most recent four days (November 14-17) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.

In the week to November 6, the infection rate was 332.7 new cases per 100,000 people, which meant there were 349 confirmed new cases in the town.

A majority of areas in England (232 out of 315) have seen a rise in case rates.

Cases in two Derbyshire areas nearby to Chesterfield saw cases rise as part of this trend.

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In the Derbyshire Dales the rate rose from 200.5 (145 new cases) in the week to November 6 to 229.5 (166 new cases) in the week to Novemner 13.

And in the Amber Valley it went from 424.5 (544 cases) to 454.2 (582 cases).

However, in many local authorities in Derbyshire the number of new cases fell.

In the High Peak the rate fell from 304.3 per 100,000 in the week up to November 6 (282 new cases) to 292.4 in the week to November 13 (271 new cases).

In Bolsover the infection rate fell from 472.9 per 100,000 people to 423.3. And in North East Derbyshire the rate fell from 300.6 (305 new cases) in the week to November 6 to 255.3 (259 new cases) in the week to November 13.