In a major development, sadly there has been one death, and the biggest daily rise in Lancashire, registered in West Lancashire for the first time since the start of the pandemic, with 30 new cases. West Lancashire has now recorded 1,059 infections, that’s 926.5 cases  per 100,000 of the population.

Lancashire recorded a further 228 positive coronavirus tests in the last 24 hours as a government expert warned new lockdown measures are not solving the problem. Sadly four other deaths have been recorded.