Coronavirus cases are continuing to rise in parts of Suffolk and north Essex - with neighbourhoods in Ipswich reporting the most new infections.

Latest government figures for the week up to January 10 have been broken down into postcodes known as Middle-layer Super Output Areas, which each consist of about 8,000 people.

The data revealed Gipping & Chantry Park in Ipswich has the highest seven-day Covid rate in the region at 1,984.7 cases per 100,000 people after 187 new infections were reported.

Nearby Whitton had the second-highest rate in Suffolk and north Essex at 1,956.7 cases per 100,000.

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Infection rates remain lower in parts of east Suffolk, near Sudbury and the neighbourhoods along the border between Suffolk and Essex.

Suffolk has recently reported 24 Covid-related deaths in a week, the highest seven-day total since the lockdown last February.