THE area with the biggest rise in Covid cases in Worcester has been revealed.

Public Health England (PHE) said 686 new Covid cases have been recorded in the city in the seven days up to December 17, a rise of 3.2 per cent on the previous week.

Henwick, which covers WR2 postcodes including Hylton Road and Hallow Road, saw the biggest rise with cases up 55.5 per cent, with 28 new cases that week.

Second highest was Barbourne and Rainbow Hill, which covers WR3 postcodes including Lansdowne Road, Bilford Road and Astwood Road, where cases are up 42.6 per cent that week to 77 cases.

Warndon East, which covers many WR3 and WR4 postcodes including Blackpole Road and Berkeley Way, is up 43.8 per cent with 46 cases.

Warndon West, which covers WR4 postcodes including Cranham Drive, Chatcombe Drive and Landgale Drive, is up 40.6 per cent with 45 cases.

Meanwhile Dines Green and St John's, which covers WR2 postcodes including Tybridge Street and Tudor Way, saw the largest fall dropping 37.3 per cent with 33 new cases recorded that week.

Worcester Town South, which covers WR1 and WR5 postcodes and includes the city centre towards Worcester Cathedral as well as Sidbury, parts of London Road, Wyld's Lane and Lowesmoor, is down 25.5 per cent to 35 new cases.

Ronkswood and Nunnery Wood, which covers WR5 postcodes including Newtown Road, Wildwood Drive and Silverdale Avenue, is down 20.4 per cent to 39 new cases.

And St Peters, which covers WR5 postcodes including Bath Road and Deer Avenue, is down 11.4 per cent to 39 cases.

Elsewhere, Battenhall and Diglis recorded 56 new cases that week - a rise of 24.4 per cent, King George's Field is up seven per cent to 76 cases, and Northwick is up 4.4 per cent to 71 cases.

Lower Wick and Bromwich Road is down 1.8 per cent to 55 new cases and Lyppard Grange is up 2 per cent to 50 new cases.

Some 106,122 cases were announced in a 24 hour period nationally on Wednesday - the latest in a series of record-breaking days for Covid infections.