NEW Covid-19 cases in Shropshire are continuing to fall per 100,000, mirroring statistics across the United Kingdom.

Around 95 per cent of local authorities in the UK have reported a fall in infection rates for the seven days up to February 28.

Shropshire recorded 262 new cases in the seven days, with the infection rate dropping to 81.1 compared to 397 and 122.9 for the previous seven days.

Nationally, of the 315 local areas in England, 13 (four per cent) have seen a rise in case rates, 299 (95 per cent) have seen a fall and three are unchanged.

North West Leicestershire has the highest rate in England, with 205 new cases recorded in the seven days to February 28 – the equivalent of 197.9 cases per 100,000 people.

This is down from 201.7 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to February 21.

Corby in Northamptonshire has the second highest rate, down sharply from 351.7 to 188.3, with 136 new cases.

Leicester is in third place, down from 249.0 to 188.0, with 666 new cases.

Cases in Telford and Wrekin are also falling – 371 cases and a rate of 126.4 compared to 540 at a rate of 184.0 seven days previously – but still remain above Shropshire for number of new cases.