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The county peaked at 5,161 cases in the week to January 8.

This has since fallen to 2,551 cases in the week to February 5, according to the most recent reliable data.

Further reductions in cases week on week now leave the county and city in a similar position to before Christmas, although this does mean that infection levels are still excessively high.

Covid infection rates in Derbyshire are now half what they were at January's peak

For context, in the week to September 14, the county saw 245 new cases and Derbyshire is currently recording around 300 new infections every day.

And while both the county and city still have a long way to go before infection levels are manageable again, it is clear to see that case numbers are falling consistently, albeit more slowly than after previous lockdowns and tiered restrictions.

Derby is now seeing consecutive days with new infections totalling less than a hundred and while it is seeing more than 700 cases a week, that’s still only half the number Derbyshire saw in the whole of September.

And it is a significant reduction from the city’s weekly high of more than 1,700 in early January.

Derbyshire Dales is the only part of the county with infection levels lower than England’s local area average (199 per 100,000 people) with 177 per 100,000 people.

Derby now has an infection rate which is lower than its fellow East Midlands cities with 307 per 100,000 people, compared to 326 in Leicester and 329 in Nottingham.

However, all three cities still sit firmly above the national average infection rate.

Here are the infection rates per 100,000 people for each area of Derbyshire, followed by the corresponding number of cases in the week to February 4:

Amber Valley: 268 cases per 100,000 people; Bolsover 331, Chesterfield 231, Derbyshire Dales 177, Derby 307, Erewash 257, High Peak 208, North East Derbyshire 213, South Derbyshire 236.

The national average is 199 per 100,000 people in the week to February 4.

In that same week, Leicester had an infection rate of 326 per 100,000 people, while Nottingham had 329.

Derbyshire Covid infection rates have halved in the last month