The latest figures from Public Health England show the UK had a weekly case rate of 128.1 cases per 100,000 population in the seven days to February 14.
But in and around Sunderland there are 13 areas with a weekly rate at least twice as high as that.
All figures represent cases per 100,000 population.
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