Virus infections have fallen in 34 areas of Sheffield.Virus infections have fallen in 34 areas of Sheffield.
Virus infections have fallen in 34 areas of Sheffield.

Has lockdown worked for Sheffield? Here are the neighbourhoods where Covid infections fell the fastest in the last seven days

Coronavirus infections have fallen in 34 neighbourhoods in Sheffield over the last week, according to the latest Government health data.

Sheffield has now been in a lockdown for almost eight weeks - but are Covid-19 cases falling everywhere?

The latest figures show 34 out of 70 neighbourhoods have seen a drop in infections in the most recent seven-day period across the city.

Here we reveal which Sheffield neighbourhoods have seen the biggest drop in case rates per 100,000 people between 12/14 February and 19/21 February.

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