THE coronavirus infection rate in the North-East for the past week has been revealed - and it shows four areas have seen a rise in cases.

Just days before a decision on whether the region will continue under Tier 3 restrictions, official data shows where has seen an upwards trend in cases.

Public Health England data, made available on December 14, has shown the areas where the number of new Covid cases have increased, based on the week before.

In the seven days leading to December 8, four out of the 12 council areas in our region reported between a 2.1 per cent and 15.6 per cent rise in cases.

Areas in Tyne and Wear and on Teesside saw a rise in new cases, while the rest of the region has continued to see a fall.

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It comes as the Government is this week set to reveal whether the North-East will remain under the strictest tier of local lockdown restrictions.

Council and authority leaders are understood to be holding discussions with ministers of the fate of the region's restrictions this week.

Here is the Covid infection rate in your area

Data is accurate at time of publication, in the seven days to December 8 - compared with the seven days to December 1:

Gateshead

Number of cases this week: 174

Covid-19 infection rate: 86.1 per 100,000 people

Cases are DOWN by 31.5 per cent

North Tyneside

Number of cases this week: 262

Covid-19 infection rate: 126.0 per 100,000 people

Cases are DOWN by 30.3 per cent

Newcastle

Number of cases this week: 339

Covid-19 infection rate: 111.9 per 100,000 people

Cases are DOWN by 25.5 per cent

Stockton

Number of cases this week: 309

Covid-19 infection rate: 156.6 per 100,000 people

Cases are DOWN by 15.6 per cent

Darlington

Number of cases this week: 213

Covid-19 infection rate: 199.4 per 100,000 people

Cases are DOWN by 14.1 per cent

County Durham

Number of cases this week: 819

Covid-19 infection rate: 154.5 per 100,000 people

Cases are DOWN by 4.3 per cent

Hartlepool

Number of cases this week: 227 

Covid-19 infection rate: 242.4 per 100,000 people

Cases are DOWN by 4.2 per cent

Northumberland

Number of cases this week: 514 

Covid-19 infection rate: 159.4 per 100,000 people

Cases are DOWN by 1.5 per cent

- Where cases are up

Middlesbrough

Number of cases this week: 282

Covid-19 infection rate: 200.00 per 100,000 people

Cases are UP by 15.6 per cent

South Tyneside

Number of cases this week: 384

Covid-19 infection rate: 254.3 per 100,000 people

Cases are UP by 14.3 per cent

Sunderland

Number of cases this week: 466

Covid-19 infection rate: 167.8 per 100,000 people

Cases are UP by 12.0 per cent

Redcar and Cleveland

Number of cases this week: 197 

Covid-19 infection rate: 143.6 per 100,000 people

Cases are UP by 2.1 per cent