THESE are the areas of Warrington with the highest and lowest rates of coronavirus infection over a seven-day period.

Thanks to an interactive map published on the Government’s online coronavirus dashboard, we can see the number of cases by area and each area’s rate of infection.

The map is divided into ‘middle layer super output areas’, which is a system used by the Office for National Statistics that is slightly larger than a postcode area.

The data incorporated covers a seven-day period and has been sourced from Public Health England, based on pillars one and two of the Government's testing programme.

At the time of writing, the map displayed the number and rate of new cases in each area of Warrington in the seven days up to February 20.

Data for the most recent period is excluded as it is incomplete, does not reflect the true number of cases and is likely to be revised.

Two areas of Warrington have shown virtually no new cases - Appleton and Locking Stumps.

According to the map, Central Warrington was the area with the highest number of new Covid-19 cases after 22 people tested positive.

This was followed by Hood Manor and Sankey Bridges (20), Hulme (18) and Lymm (16).

The full list is as follows in ascending order, with each area’s rates of new cases per 100,000 people in brackets:

Locking Stumps – Fewer than three

Appleton – Fewer than three

Stockton Heath and Hillcliffe – 3 (32.9)

Grappenhall and Thelwall – 5 (64.3)

Culcheth East and Hollins Green – 5 (77.5)

Woolston – 6 (86.8)

Winwick and Burtonwood – 6 (94.6)

Orford – 7 (75.4)

Blackbrook – 7 (75.4)

Penketh and Cuerdley – 7 (85)

Appleton Thorn, Stretton and Walton – 7 (108.4)

Oakwood and Gorse Covert – 7 (132)

Padgate and Paddington – 9 (102.8)

Culcheth West and Croft – 11 (150.5)

Great Sankey – 12 (162.7)

Callands and Old Hall – 13 (116.4)

Fairfield and Howley – 14 (116.9)

Houghton Green and Fearnhead – 14 (174.7)

Kingswood and Whittle Hall – 15 (146)

Latchford – 16 (164.9)

Bewsey and Dallam – 16 (191.9)

Lymm – 16 (125.9)

Hulme – 18 (216.3)

Hood Manor and Sankey Bridges – 20 (221.4)

Central Warrington – 22 (189.3)

You can view the map at coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/interactive-map.