PEOPLE in Bromsgrove and Telford are most likely to flout the lockdown rules in West Mercia, latest survey data suggests - with Worcester not that far behind.

More than 26,700 Evergreen Health users – an app that partners with the NHS so people can access health records and input fitness and wellbeing data – responded to a survey on how they were approaching the lockdown.

As of Thursday, April 16, ten per cent of survey respondents from Bromsgrove said they are not staying indoors, despite the government’s lockdown.

In Worcester seven percent of respondents are not staying indoors.

Malvern has the least amount of people going outside with just 5 percent of respondents admitting they are not staying in.

The heat map also measures how many households are showing symptoms of the virus in the area. Thirteen percent of Worcester households who took part in the survey said they have someone with symptoms in the house. Compared to seven percent of households in Malvern.

The data, which is anonymous, is being shared with the NHS and data scientists at the universities of Liverpool and Manchester.

It is hoped it will help them analyse the progress of the pandemic.

Writing on the app’s website, chief executive Stephen Critchclow, said: "Thanks to Evergreen Life community of users who have helped to create a, publicly-available heat map of people with COVID-19 symptoms, providing a national picture of the outbreak now that mass testing has been put on hold. "Viewed over time, the data will reveal both the extent of the symptoms, but also how they may be moving around the UK.

"You can help track the spread of Covid 19 by joining the thousands of people across the UK."