Wakefield is one of 36 towns and cities across the UK that could face a second lockdown

It comes after Leicester announcing it will not be subject to easing of restrictions on July 4, and must continue lockdown measures with all non essential retail being told to close once again.

It's been revealed that a number of towns and cities in Yorkshire could also be placed back into lockdown as a result of local increases in coronavirus infections.

Yesterday, in Wakefield, another case of coronavirus was recorded.

Public Health England figures show that 791 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am Tuesday morning (June 30) in Wakefield, up from 790 the same time on Monday.

A week before, there were 787 cases.

It means cases have increased by less than 0.5% over those 24 hours, on a par with the rate of increase across the UK.

They were among the 15,346 cases recorded across Yorkshire and The Humber, a figure which rose by seven over the period.

Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.

As of Monday, June 29, , the government’s Public Health England website states that there have been 311,965 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK, with 815 confirmed positive on the Monday.

So while the numbers are decreasing, the virus is still prevalent.

New cases have been rising in 36 of the 151 upper-tier local authorities in England as lockdown has eased.

But while these areas have reported an increase, in many cases it is only very small. But in some, the rise in cases is larger.

The cities, towns, counties and boroughs in the UK that could face a local lockdown are:

Barking and Dagenham

Brent

Derbyshire

Doncaster

Ealing

Enfield

Gateshead

Gloucestershire

Hammersmith and Fulham

Haringey

Harrow

Havering

Hounslow

Isle of Wight

Kensington and Chelsea

Leicester (already in local lockdown)

Medway

Milton Keynes

Plymouth

Portsmouth

Redbridge

Redcar and Cleveland

Richmond upon Thames

Sandwell

Slough

Suffolk

Sunderland

Tower Hamlets

Wakefield

Walsall

Wandsworth

Westminster

Wigan

Wiltshire

Windsor and Maidenhead

York

Public Health England data states that Havering and Wiltshire have seen the biggest week-on-week increase in infections.