Public Health England statistics have revealed the coronavirus infection rate for the Sedgemoor district.

The area, which covers Cheddar, has a rate of 179.2 cases of coronavirus per 100,000 people, and there have been a total of 220 cases in the district since the crisis began.

As of 4pm yesterday (June 7), Torridge in Devon has a lower rate at 52.8 cases per 100,000 people, and a total of 36 cases.

Neighbouring Mendip has the second lowest infection rate in England at 56.6 and a total number of cases standing at 65.

Sedgemoor's infection rate is roughly the same as areas such as Corby in Northamptonshire and the Cotswolds.

These figures only include local authorities in England, not unitary authorities such as Bath and North East Somerset or North Somerset.

Yesterday, the total number of Covid-19 related deaths in England was 77, bringing the total number of deaths of people in the UK who have had a positive test result to 40,542.

The number of lab-confirmed UK coronavirus cases was 1,326, with the total number across the UK now standing at 286,194.