Two Kent towns are on a list of 20 places facing fresh lockdown after government documents were leaked. The list is said to have been based on a document compiled by Public Health England, ranking the 20 councils with the highest current rate of positive infections. It is sometimes difficult to work out why the infection rate is rising in some places than others. Mr Hancock said he would not put a number on how far the infection rate had to fall before the lockdown would be lifted. Three hotspots - Bedford, Blackburn with Darwen and Kirklees - are all struggling to push forward and shake the virus, seeing infection rates rising still.

Source: Daily Mail July 11, 2020 23:06 UTC