Two areas of Warwickshire have Covid-19 rates that almost top 500.

Both Rugby and Nuneaton and Bedworth have coronavirus rates that have almost reached 500 per 100,000 people.

That is according to the latest and most reliable NHS data on the Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire dashboard.

Rugby continues to have the highest rate, standing at 489.28  per 100,000 people in the seven days leading up to January 2. This was from 533 new positive cases.

But Nuneaton and Bedworth is only marginally behind its fellow northern Warwickshire town.

The rate, during the same seven day period, was 486.59 per 100,000 population from 632  cases.

North Warwickshire has seen its rate rise to 453.54 per 100,000 people during the same time period. This was from 296 new cases. It once again shows the north of the county is harder hit than the south.

However, the rate in the south is by no means slowing.

Both Warwick and Stratford, which both saw rates below 100 before Christmas, have reached new highs.

In the seven days leading up to January 2, the rate in Warwick was 392.34 per 100,000 people. This was from 564 new cases.

Over in Stratford, during the same time period, the rate was 338.21 per 100,000 population. There were 440 new cases recorded during the seven day time frame.
