TODAY sees the next significant step in the easing of lockdown restrictions in England.

From today, you can meet another household indoors while pubs and restaurants can welcome people indoors to eat and drink.

Sports stadium can also welcome fans with 4,000 due at The Halliwell Jones Stadium this evening as Warrington Wolves take on Huddersfield.

It will be the first game with fans since March last year.

So what is the current coronavirus situation in Warrington?

The latest figures show a real drop in the number of new cases.

In fact all areas of Warrington have seen the virus statistically 'supressed' apart from two wards, Callands and Old Hall and Fairfield and Howley.

Across Warrington as a whole, the latest figures have seen just 28 new cases in the past seven days.

That is around 11 per 100,000 people.

By way of contrast at the peak in January, that number was closer to 100,000.

How about the hospital?

The number of patients being treated for coronavirus in Warrington Hospital has fallen again.

Latest figures from Friday lunchtime show 15 patients at the Lovely Lane site.

One is in intensive care.

One patient has been sent home in the past 24 hours.

The figures mean there have been no deaths for 10 days. The total number of people to have sadly died since the start of the pandemic remains 499.

And in schools?

There are currently three schools with positive cases and 10 pupils self-isolating