Kent Covid rate continues to fall but outbreaks cause rate increase in two county districts | 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.