Boris Johnson has announced a new national lockdown for England - with people instructed to "stay at home" as they did during last March's first shutdown.

The prime minister revealed the action in an eight-minute TV address on Monday night, after being told that Covid-19 cases are rising rapidly in every part of the country due to the new coronavirus variant.

In Cumbria cases are rising rapidly and according to the Gov.uk website cases per 100,000 people for the seven-day average in Carlisle in now at more than 760.

The date per 100,000 people for the seven-day average was last updated on Monday, 4 January at 9:05pm.

For each area the figures are as follows:

  • Allerdale - 397.9
  • Barrow - 247.6
  • Carlisle - 765.6
  • Copeland - 198
  • Eden - 585.9
  • South Lakes - 234.1

The total number of people with at least one positive Covid-19 test result (either lab-reported or lateral flow device) since the start of the pandemic in each area:

  • Allerdale - 2,403
  • Barrow - 2,518
  • Carlisle - 4,673
  • Copeland - 1,545
  • Eden - 1,843
  • South Lakes - 3,048

To have a look at the data visit the Gov website here.