Vaccinations update 

• This weekend more than 10,000 people in Sussex were vaccinated by the teams working Saturday and Sunday in the three vaccination centres, local vaccination services, home visiting teams,  pharmacy led services, and hospital hubs.
• More than 350,000 people in Sussex have now received the vaccination
• 96,189 (86%) people over the age of 80 in Sussex have received their first dose. This is the fifth highest total in England and all the more impressive in the context that Sussex has one of the highest over 80s populations in the country.  
• 78% of the 75-79 population and 23% of those aged 70-74 have received the vaccine (4 Feb).
• More than 100,000 people under the age of 70 have been vaccinated, predominantly eligible health and social care workers.  

The NHS in Sussex remains on track to have offered the vaccine to everyone in the first four priority groups by mid-February, in line with the national target.

For more information visit Sussex vaccination programme

People aged 70 and over in England are being urged to arrange to have a Covid-19 vaccine if they have not already been inoculated.

Until now the NHS has asked people not to contact them and to wait to be invited to come for their first dose of the vaccine.

But now it is advising anyone aged 70 or over who has not yet had their first shot to get in touch to arrange to have it to help maximise the total number of people vaccinated. There are said to be 750,000 people in that age group in England who have yet to have a first vaccination.

Residents can book their appointments using Book a vaccination appointment or by calling 119.

Nationally and locally the number of new cases is continuing to drop. Only in Eastbourne does the infection rate remain slightly above the national figures. 

The latest stats show an infection rate of 166 new cases per 100,000 population in East Sussex while the rate for England is 223.

The figures reported below show the number of new cases for the latest 7-day period available.  For comparison, the figure in brackets is the number of new cases in the seven day period covered by the previous update. Source: https://coronavirus-staging.data.gov.uk/details/cases   7 February, 2021

Table: Total number of lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in East Sussex in the seven days leading up to 2 February 2021

You can also see fuller context for East Sussex and commentary from the Director of Public Health in the weekly bulletin published each Friday.

There is a web page on our website that brings together a range of information and advice regarding the coronavirus. 

Visit: Coronavirus - help and support