AN INTERACTIVE map shows the Sussex districts with the highest and lowest weekly coronavirus rates, according to the latest complete Public Health England figures.

Eastbourne and Crawley are the only two areas to have more than 800 new Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population reported in the seven days leading up to January 9.

All other areas in the county had between 400 and 799 new cases per 100,000 population in this time.

Click on the icons on the map below to see how many cases there were in your area, and what each district's weekly coronavirus rate was.

In England there were 350,264 new cases in the week leading up to January 9, giving the country a seven-day rolling coronavirus rate of 622.3 cases per 100,000 population.

This is below the rate recorded in most areas of Sussex.

Of the 13 districts in the county, ten recorded coronavirus rates higher than the England average.

In Brighton and Hove, director of public health Alistair Hill has warned that the number of Covid cases has doubled in the city since the start of lockdown.

He said: Our local hospitals are also seeing significant increases in the volume of patients with Covid which is putting extra pressure on the NHS.

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"The continued high number of cases among the over 60s is concerning as they are the group most likely to need hospital care for Covid.

“The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Brighton and Hove has more than doubled since the current national lockdown started on December. 26”

People must only leave the house for limited reasons such as shopping for essentials such as food and medicine or meeting your support or childcare bubble”