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Of the UK's 377 local areas, 111 (29%) have seen a week-on-week rise in COVID-19 rates, 264 (70%) have seen a fall and two are unchanged.

Lisburn & Castlereagh in Northern Ireland has the highest rate in the UK, with 2,871 cases in the seven days to 31 January - the equivalent of 1,960.4 per 100,000 people.

This is up from a rate of 1,776.7 for the seven days to 24 January.

Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon in Northern Ireland has the second-highest rate, up slightly from 1,924.2 to 1,942.6, with 4,220 cases.

Meanwhile, Cambridge has the third-highest rate, down slightly from 1,812.7 to 1,796.7, with 2,247 cases.

Newport has the highest rate in Wales (733.8, down from 890.4) and Aberdeen City has the highest rate in Scotland (647.4, up from 583.3).

The five UK areas with the biggest week-on-week rises are:

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