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Any rain in the early morning will soon clear and it will turn dry with sunny spells for a time.

Later in the day, further showers will begin to push in and it will feel breezy but mild.

This evening, showery rain will continue to push in but it will clear later in the night.

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Two East Midlands cities are in the top 20 areas with the highest coronavirus infection rates in England in the week up to 11 February, according to latest figures.

Leicester has the 14th highest rate, at 253.2 per 100,000 people, while Nottingham is 16th - according to Public Health England data - with a rate of 248.4 for the same weekly period.

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Newark and Sherwood, Mansfield and Ashfield - which has the country's fourth highest infection rate with 295.5 - are also on the list.

However, with the exception of Newark and Sherwood and Copeland in Cumbria, the rates for the areas outlined in the top 20 have all dropped compared to the previous week.

Rutland - which had the highest infection rate in the country last week - has seen a dramatic fall in its cases, from 199 to 73, and infection rate, from 498.4 in the week up to 4 February to 182.8.

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Rutland no longer has the highest coronavirus infection rate in the country.

The county, the smallest in England, soared to the top of the table last week.

The sudden rise was blamed on an outbreak at HMP Stocken which, given the county's small population, had a big impact on the rate per 100,000.

Rutland is now seventh highest in England with a rate of 295.5 per 100,000 in the week up to 10 February, according to government data.

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It sits just above Ashfield, in Nottinghamshire, which has a rate of 294.7 for the same period.

The England average is 157.3.

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Deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam has been administering vaccinations in Nottingham again.

The professor, who is a member of the University of Nottingham's School of Medicine, said: “I am pleased to be able to give a little bit back to this great city by putting in a few shifts administering vaccines to those most at risk."

"Nottingham has a special place in my heart. I love this city and had some of the best days of my life here."

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Prof Van-Tam said his father attended the university in the early 1960s, and he followed in his footsteps in 1982.

"I liked it so much that I came back to be a professor at the university," he added.

"I have been teaching and researching here for a total of 22 years, although sadly a bit less in the past year."

On Saturday he vaccinated 28-year-old Jennifer Cooke at the university's King’s Meadow Campus in Lenton.

She said it was “an extremely special moment and being vaccinated by JVT is something I will remember forever!”

Prof Van-Tam has been volunteering in his spare time, and last month helped out at the Richard Herrod Centre in Carlton.

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The morning should also be dry, with some brighter skies developing this afternoon.

This evening will start off dry but a band of rain will pass through later.

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Rutland continues to have the highest infection rate in England, although the figure has fallen slightly.

The county had a rate of 448.3 cases per 100,000 people for the week to 8 February - down from 465.9.

An outbreak at HMP Stocken is thought to be behind the high numbers.

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Mansfield, Ashfield and Leicester also feature in the top 20 England areas with the highest rate, but Nottingham has dropped out.

The England average is 176.9 - a slight drop from yesterday's figure.

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More than 180,000 people in Nottinghamshire have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, one of the county's most senior clinicians has said.

Medical director for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Dr Andrew Haynes said the county was delivering about 50,000 vaccination doses a week.

He said that more than 90% of residents in care homes, and the over 75s, had received their first jab.

People aged between 70-74, and the clinically vulnerable, are now receiving the first doses of the vaccine in Nottinghamshire.

Those aged between 65-69 are now being contacted about booking appointments to receive the vaccine.

Dr Haynes said: "All 11 of our vaccination sites are now working 12 hours a day, seven days a week."

But the medical director warned that hospitals were still very busy, and more than 600 hospital beds in the county, about a quarter of overall capacity, were currently occupied by Covid patients.

He said that although Nottingham has now passed its peak for admissions, "the number of beds occupied is falling a bit slower than we would like".

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Covid-19 infection rates across Nottinghamshire remain at a high level, the county's head of public health has said.

At a county-wide coronavirus briefing, Jonathan Gribbin said across the East Midlands 233 people per 100,000 tested positive for Covid-19 over a seven-day period.

Although this is slightly higher than the national average, infection rates across Nottinghamshire were significantly higher.

Mansfield has the highest infection rate at 348 people per 100,000.

Ashfield has 304 infections per 100,000, and Bassetlaw has 254 .

Mr Gribbin said it appeared drops in infection were "levelling off" and urged people to "keep going with the lockdown measures".

Nottingham's head of public health Alison Challenger said the city's infection rate had reduced slightly to 305.2 people per 100,000, which is significantly higher than the national average of 194 people per 100,000.

She said the county remained in the top 20 for infection rates and asked the public to continue following Covid-19 guidance.

She also suggested residents consider taking asymptomatic Covid tests.

"For people who can't work from home, that's something they should really consider," she said.

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