Covid-19 cases in Kent begin to return to pre-lockdown 2 levels but infection rates remain high in some neighbourhoods | 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.