More gonorrhoea and syphilis cases were diagnosed in the Cumberland Council area last year, new figures show.
The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV said the "worrying trajectory" of rising diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections across England is a sign of unmet needs for those who require sexual health care.
Figures from the UK Health Security Agency show there were 127 gonorrhoea diagnoses and 12 syphilis diagnoses in the Cumberland Council area in 2023.
They were up from 123 and 10 respectively the year before.
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Nationally, recorded cases of syphilis were at the highest level since 1948, while gonorrhoea reached the highest number since records began in 1918.
There were 1,027 STI diagnoses last year in Cumberland – up from 878 the year before.
Of the diagnoses last year, 551 (54 per cent) were chlamydia.
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