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Newcastle upon Tyne has become the area of England with the highest rate of new cases of Covid-19, with the north-east overtaking the north-wast as the nation’s main coronavirus hotspot, PA Media reports. PA says:
A total of 2,012 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Newcastle in the seven days to 30 June – the equivalent of 664.4 cases per 100,000 people.
This is up from 382.1 a week earlier, and is the highest rate for Newcastle for almost eight months, beating the peak of the second wave in January.
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