Most parts of the Liverpool City Region are seeing a significant decline in coronavirus infection rates.

Case numbers are falling in all six boroughs, with Wirral having the lowest rate again this week.

The Liverpool City Region's average infection rate for the week ending February 6 was 280 cases per 100,000 people, with 4,373 new cases.

Two weeks prior to these figures, on January 23, the infection rate for the region was 581 per 100,000, with 9,063 new cases.

As in previous weeks, cases are considerably lower in some neighbourhoods than others.

And some, sadly, saw their number of cases rise in the week up to February 4.

Currently, Southport Waterfront is the City Region's worst impacted neighbourhood.

Its infection rate is currently 851 per 100,000 – an increase of 54%, up from 553 in the previous week.

The area which saw the biggest increase is Orrell Park, where confirmed case numbers jumped from 30 to 66 – an increase of 120%.

The least impacted of the region's neighbourhoods is Formby South and Ince Blundell, which is listed as having "suppressed" the virus.

This means there were just two or fewer confirmed cases.

Data is not shown for areas with fewer than 3 cases to protect individuals' identities.

Most of the region's neighbourhoods saw their case numbers drop.

Of these, Edge Hill saw the biggest decline in infection, with cases dropping from 23 to 7 in a week – a 70% decrease.

This gives an infection rate of 44 per 100,000.

The areas of the City Region which currently have the highest infection rates are:

- Southport Waterfront – 851 per 100,000

- Hesketh Park – 668 per 100,000

- Speke East – 547 per 100,000

Those with the lowest are:

- Formby South and Ince Blundell – two or fewer cases

- Prenton – 64 per 100,000

- Caldy and Newton – 71 per 100,000