Coronavirus infection rate falling in Leicester following local lockdown
manchestereveningnews.co.ukcoronavirus rate in Leicester is falling, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told MPs. The Midlands city was placed into the first local lockdown on June 29 following a surge in cases of the virus.Non-essential shops were forced to close again and schools shut to most pupils while the strict measures were eased further in the rest of England.But Mr Hancock has said today that the seven-day infection rate in the city has fallen from 135 cases per 100,000 people to 117.He went on to say that this underlines the importance of the "difficult but vital" decision to impose a lockdown.Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth – a Leicester MP – asked what would trigger the lifting of the lockdown in the city.Mr Hancock said in response that 14 days of.
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