The parts of Kent where Covid cases are now in single figures
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Updated: 12:10, 14 February 2021
As coronavirus cases continue to fall across Kent, several parts of the county are now recording fewer than 10 weekly positive tests.
Infection rates are lowest in the Canterbury district, where five wards are virtually Covid-free, according to latest figures.
Infection rates continue to plummet across Kent
But across the entire county there are areas where weekly cases are in single figures - even in Swale, which once had the highest infection rate in the UK.
The plummeting infection rates have sparked calls for more lockdown measures to be eased after schools return on March 8.
Covid-19 cases in Kent begin to return to pre-lockdown 2 levels but infection rates remain high in some neighbourhoods
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Updated: 15:18, 09 February 2021
Weekly coronavirus cases have almost returned to pre-lockdown 2 levels - though some neighbourhoods are seeing higher infection rates than others in the county.
The overall Kent and Medway infection rate stands at 171.5 with 3,191 new cases and is a 35.9% drop week-on-week.
Andrew Scott-Clark speaking about Covid-19 rates
At the start of lockdown 2 on November 5, there were 2,875 new weekly cases making the infection rate around 154.
However, weekly deaths have not yet returned to pre-lockdown 2 numbers.
On November 5 figures for that week showed 24 people had died after contracting Covid-19, compared to the latest figures from almost a week ago on February 3, which showed there had been 143 deaths.
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image captionAbout 2,700 tests were delivered in Maidstone, Kent, on Tuesday
Volunteers delivering door-to-door testing for the South African coronavirus variant say they have encountered almost no negativity .
About 95% of residents had accepted a test kit when offered, said Stewart Baird of Kent Search and Rescue.
Swabs were delivered to 2,697 people in Maidstone on Tuesday, with at least 2,050 already returned completed.
Volunteers had encountered almost no negativity at all on the doorstep, he said. For those that are in, over 95% are asking for testing kits, he said. Almost everyone is asking for the testing kits and handing them back an hour or two later.
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