One village near Rugby is 'nearly Covid-free' as cases in the borough continue to fall

Covid-19 cases continue to fall in the Rugby area - with one rural area just on the other side of the borough border recording fewer than three cases in a week.

Yelvertoft falls inside that rural area, which is classed by the latest Government's figures - covering the seven days up to February 16 - as 'nearly Covid free'.

Not far behind is the area classed as Rugby Town South and School, which only recorded three cases in the same time period.

There were only seven cases across the Wolston, Binley Woods and Ryton area.

In Rugby itself, each ward in the town is now seeing much lower rates of positive cases - they all fall between 11 and 19 cases over seven days (apart from Rugby Town South and School, see above).

The overall rate for the borough is now 150.5 cases per 100,00 people. While this is still above the national average, it represents a 25.5 per cent fall compared to the previous seven days.

The overall rate for Warwickshire is 134.1 cases per 100,000 people which is just above the national average.

The Stratford district has the lowest rate in the county (79.2) while North Warwickshire has the highest rate (197.7).