Brighton & Hove City Council has today revealed in the past month the daily number of confirmed new cases of Covid-19 in Brighton & Hove fell from just over 330 a day at the beginning of January to less than 60 a day by January 31.In the first week of February, there were 346 confirmed new cases in the city – a 39% decrease on the previous week and equivalent to a weekly rate of 119 per 100,000 residents.
The rate for England is 203 per 100,000 and 166 per 100,000 in the South East.The city’s hospitals are also treating fewer Covid patients than in the previous week, although a high number of patients still need critical care.Alistair Hill, Director of Public Health in Brighton & Hove, said: “Living in lockdown is difficult for all of us,.