The rates per 100K for every council in England is updated on the homepage of www.covidmessenger.com with today's latest govt data release.
It's a quick way to compare your council and neighbouring councils versus the rest of England.
Frankly, I think there is reason for cautious optimism. If you look at Kent (the county that first had high prevalence of the new variant) there are signs that things are beginning to turn in recent days. I published a detailed post about this here:
www.covidmessenger.com/latest-analysis/
It's important for the rest of the country as it gives an indication as to how the new variant responds to various social restriction measures. As I explain in the post - Kent had the equivalent of a full lockdown over the holidays.
It's a relief that cases do appear to have topped out and are starting to fall.