Covid restrictions are likely to have all but vanished by the end of February - and the latest Government data shows huge falls in the case rates around the North East as the impact of Omicron wanes.
Our area has no "blackspots" at all any more - places where there have been more than 1,600 cases per 100,000 people in the last seven days - and compared to a month ago, far fewer cases are being reported.,
According to the latest figures for the seven days to February 5, only 25 out of the 252 "medium super output areas" (MSOAs) - which are roughly analogous to postcode areas - saw more cases in that week than the one before.
