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Kent Covid rate continues to fall but outbreaks cause rate increase in two county districts
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Updated: 07:31, 28 February 2021
People in Kent have been warned lockdown isn t over as Covid outbreaks in the east of the county lead to a rise in infection rates.
Case numbers have been falling rapidly across Kent since the start of the third lockdown in January, and the county s rate remains half the England average.
Kent s infection rate continues to fall, but the decline has slowed
But two neighbouring districts have recorded week-on-week rises for the first time since shortly after the national restrictions were imposed.
Increases of 21% in Thanet and 24% in Dover have been caused largely by pockets of new cases in small areas.
After an almost 30 percent drop in lung cancer referrals compared to this time last year, the NHS is now urging the public to come forward if they experience lung cancer symptoms.
Research commissioned by the NHS found half the people in South East England do not know a persistent cough for more than three weeks can be a lung cancer symptoms.
Michael Baker, deputy director of healthcare at Public Health England South East, released a statement: “It’s too easy to ignore important signs your body is trying to tell you but it’s so important with cancer that it is treated as early as possible.
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