Eastbourne is one of the bottom 15 least infected districts in the whole country according to new Covid figures.

This is great news after a tough period where deaths were high as well as infections.

These figures are up to May 9:

rate of new cases in the seven days to May 9 was – 5.8

number of new cases recorded in the seven days to May 9 was 6

rate of new cases in the seven days to May 2 was 7.7

number of new cases recorded in the seven days to May 2 was 8.