Covid: Newcastle health boss says cases 'highest in England'

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image captionThe spike in cases is the greatest since an outbreak among returning students last October
Newcastle is now the biggest Covid hotspot in England, the city's public health director has said.
It comes as provisional data released by the city council on 2 July showed there were 613 new weekly cases per 100,000 people.
Official government figures up to 27 June have the city's infection rate as the second highest in England, behind the North West.
But Prof Eugene Milne says the latest figures now place it as the highest.
The government's website states that Newcastle had an infection rate of 522.1 per 100,000 in the seven days to 27 June, behind the North West area of Hyndburn's 608.3.

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