City hotspots begin to vanish, but high infection rates remain THE number of hotspots in Southampton has dropped from 12 to three since the start of lockdown, an interactive Government map has shown. According to latest data, which is supplied by Public Health England, those three areas of Bitterne South, Coxford and Lordshill, and Maybush all have infection rates of over 800 per 100,000 people, which the Government classes as a hotspot . This means that, in the seven days to January 10, more than one in every 125 residents had coronavirus. In Bitterne South, the area has seen a 10.7 drop in cases in that week time period, with 50 reported according to the latest data.