Worthing and Adur are to remain in Tier 2 following the 2 week review on the COVID restrictions.
Indeed, all of West Sussex will remain in Tier 2 but the fact that Hastings and Rother in East Sussex to our East and Portsmouth to our West have been raised to Tier 3 shows that we must continue to be vigilant in Adur & Worthing and not at all be complacent - including over Christmas.
The explanation behind this move is as follows:
"There is deteriorating picture across East and West Sussex, and Brighton and Hove. The case rates in all ages, case rates in people aged over 60s, and positivity are broadly increasing across the majority of the area, however in general this increase is from a relatively low level. The most concerning local authorities are Hastings and Rother, where case rates are rising rapidly and are 372 per 100,000 and 228 per 100,000, respectively. The case rate in the over 60s is 301 per 100,000 in Hastings and 179 per 100,000 in Rother. The rate of increase of the epidemiology indicators in Hastings and Rother is very concerning and warrants allocation to Tier 3. The remaining areas are not currently at the level for escalation to Tier 3.
In the Sussex and East Surrey Health and Care Partnership the number of daily Covid hospital admissions continues to rise. The daily Covid bed occupancy also continues to rise."
You can find the nationwide cases for each region as an attachment below
