A virtual Covid media briefing with Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Public Health Directors held today 5 February 2021.
Alison Challenger – Public Health Director for Nottingham City Council and Jonathan Gribbin for Nottinghamshire County Council and Amanda Sullivan representing Nottingham and Nottinghamshire CCG answered questions from the media.
Jonathan Gribbin said: ‘Nottinghamshire case rates: Nationally across England we have passed the peak of the virus at 260 cases per 100,000, for Nottingham city and the wider county together we have also seen reductions across the region.
‘Reduced to 291 per 100,000 people, 23% down. Rates among people over 60 are also falling. However these rates are still very high.
‘We need to keep this in mind.’
Vaccine rollout: ‘Every prospect it will suppress rates in due course, but now it is critical everyone sticks too the lockdown rues that are in place.
READ: • 5 February Covid Data Nottinghamshire: Case rates per 100,000 residents fall for most county areas
