Burslem currently has the highest infection rate (Image: Pete Stonier / Stoke Sentinel) Dr Paul Edmondson-Jones - the city's top health boss - believes Stoke-on-Trent was saved from the worst effects of the mutant Kent variant by the tougher restrictions. He said: "I think we have been very lucky in terms of timing - the lockdown, schools closed and universities not returning may just have come at the right time for us. "But we mustn’t be complacent - now would be the wrong time to drop our hard and get hit by a sucker punch." To help people chart the progress of the pandemic, Public Heal...