SEVERAL neighbourhoods around Brighton and Hove are nearly Covid free as infection rates continue to drop.

The number of positive Covid tests recorded in the city has fallen significantly since the introduction of the third national lockdown.

Brighton and Hove has gone from recording more than 2,200 new cases in the week leading up to January 8 to just 78 new cases in the latest complete figures - covering the seven days leading up to March 11.

This means the city's weekly coronavirus rate has plummeted from 771 new cases per 100,000 residents to 26.8 in just two months.

Areas across Brighton and Hove recorded much higher coronavirus rates in January, as shown in this map

Areas across Brighton and Hove recorded much higher coronavirus rates in January, as shown in this map

The latest Public Health England (PHE) data also shows the coronavirus rates for individual Brighton and Hove neighbourhoods.

The city is broken down into Middle Super Output Areas (MSOA) - a geographic hierarchy system designed to improve the reporting of small area statistics, with each area having a minimum population of 5,000 and a maximum population of 7,200, and are updated daily.

And only one neighbourhood, Patcham East, has a weekly coronavirus rate of more than 100 cases per 100,000 population.

The area has a rate of 101.9 after recording eight new cases in the week leading up to March 11.

But many parts of the city reported less than three cases in this time, with PHE "suppressing" this data to "protect individuals' identities".

A map shows the latest coronavirus rates per 100,000 population in areas across Brighton and Hove

A map shows the latest coronavirus rates per 100,000 population in areas across Brighton and Hove

These are the neighbourhoods in Brighton and Hove which recorded less than three coronavirus cases in the week leading up to March 11:

  • St James's Street and Queen's Park
  • Kemptown
  • Elm Grove and Bear Road
  • Hanover
  • Round Hill
  • Hollingdean and Moulsecoomb West
  • Coldean and Moulsecoomb North
  • Fiveways
  • Preston Park
  • Hollingbury
  • Seven Dials
  • Brunswick
  • King Alfred
  • Goldsmid West
  • Aldrington
  • Aldrington South
  • West Blatchington
  • Withdean Woods
  • Hangleton North
  • Portslade Village
  • Roedean and Marina
  • Rottingdean and Saltdean