Pubs and restaurants in Hadleigh and surrounding areas will be forced to close from 10pm on Thursday, despite coronavirus rates in the district falling.

Michael Gove told BBC Breakfast this morning that there was evidence the 10pm closing time had a beneficial effect in the areas where the restriction has already been tried.

But in the week to September 18, Suffolk reported 40 cases compared to 77 in the previous week, according to the latest figures released by Suffolk's CoronaWatch.

This meant the infection rate for Suffolk dropped further from 10.11 per 100,000 last week to just 5.25 in this week. In terms of local authorities, all districts in Suffolk showed a drop in the number of cases per 100,000 compared to the previous week. The most notable drops in cases were in Ipswich and West Suffolk.

An interactive map shows cases in Hadleigh and immediate surrounding villages were in the lost bracket (between 0-2).

Figures for the four Suffolk districts, and Ipswich Borough, reads from left to right: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to September 17; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to September 17; rate of new cases in the seven days to September 10; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to September 10.

Babergh 2.2 (2), 3.3 (3)

Mid Suffolk 6.7 (7), 3.9 (4)

West Suffolk 11.7 (21), 20.7 (37)

East Suffolk 3.2 (8), 9.6 (24)

Three cases of the virus have also been recorded in Belstead Hills, Ipswich .

As of yesterday, there have been 296 in Babergh, since the start of the pandemic with 370 in Mid Suffolk, 954 in East Suffolk, 607 Covid-19 cases in West Suffolk and 757 in Ipswich.

Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove said people should also work from home "if they can" and trials of spectators at sports fixtures would be "paused".

Prime minister Boris Johnson will speak in Parliament this afternoon, then address the nation tonight at 8pm, to outline the full measures.

It comes as the UK's Covid-19 alert level moved to 4, meaning transmission is "high or rising exponentially".

• Suffolk's CoronaWatch is the online home of data and information produced under the Suffolk Joint Strategic Needs Assessment about COVID-19. It can be accessed 24 hours a day at the following . link here...

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