HERE are the latest Covid-19 rates across Cheshire West and East, as case numbers appear to level out.

According to figures released by Public Health England, 1,090 new cases were recorded in the two boroughs between 4pm on January 16 and 4pm today.

This is made up of 506 cases in Cheshire West, taking the total number of cases in the borough since the pandemic began to 82,780.

In Cheshire East, there were 584 new cases, with the borough's total now standing at 88,317.

These latest figures mean 3,898 people have now tested positive for Covid in Cheshire West in the last week.

The borough's seven-day case rate is 1,133.7 per 100,000 of the population.

A total of 4,516 people tested positive in Cheshire East during the same period, taking the borough's case rate to 1,167.9.