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Initial findings show the South African Covid variant has not been found after Maidstone surge testing operation
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Updated: 15:59, 09 March 2021
Initial findings show the South African Covid variant has not been detected during surge testing carried out in parts of Maidstone last month, the government has said.
The huge operation, which saw 9,633 tests delivered in three days and emergency service workers going door-to-door to drop off swabs, finished on February 4, but the final results have yet to be published.
Emergency service workers went door-to-door in February asking residents in parts of Maidstone to take a Covid test Picture: Barry Goodwin
The surge testing was in response to a case of the South African variant being found in the ME15 postcode, which couldn t be linked to international travel or other variant cases.
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Covid-19 cases at their lowest levels since mid-October
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Updated: 14:08, 02 March 2021
Just one area in Kent has seen an increase in cases this week as rates drop to their lowest levels since mid-October.
On the week ending February 24, Kent and Medway saw 1,078 new weekly cases, a drop of 16.5% from the previous week bringing the infection rate down to 57.96.
The last time weekly cases were this low was on October 19 - just five days after the tier system first came into force - when 1,032 were counted.
The lowest infection rate in the county can be seen in Canterbury at 33.3, with just 55 cases dropping by 16.5% in the last week.