Barnard Castle town centre during a national lockdown Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT THE County Durham towns which have seen the fewest number of Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began have been revealed. A total of eleven towns and villages across the county have each seen fewer than 400 infections over the entire pandemic - the past twelve months. Northern Echo analysis of Public Health England data has found that almost each of the eleven areas had seen the equivalent of just one confirmed case per day. Most recent figures, published on Thursday, shows the picture in every single neighbourhood between April 2020 and April 2021.
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21 County Durham areas with the lowest coronavirus infection rates
County Durham has seen its rate of infection drop to 180.0 after recording 954 cases - a drop of 20.5%.
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These are the areas of the County Durham with the lowest coronavirus infection rates.