Fewer people are being tested for Covid in Dorset say health chiefs.

Public Health Dorset said the decline in testing meant the latest data was unable to provide a complete picture of the situation across the county.

It comes as a government interactive map of the Covid hotspots shows the number of areas with high cases falling.

No areas of Dorset fall into the two highest case level brackets, but there are still some parts of the county with recorded rates between 400 – 799 per 100,000 people.

Latest weekly data shows the case rate in the BCP area fell from 575.1 to 385.1 in the seven days to February 26.

During the same period, the case rate in Dorset dropped from 509.0 to 365.2.

Read more: Significant fall in Covid cases in Dorset

Where are the remaining hotspots in BCP and East Dorset?

  • Burton and Airport - 30 cases and case rate 496
  • West Highcliffe - 30 cases and case rate 485
  • Somerford - 31 cases and case rate 487
  • Jumpers Common and Fairmile - 35 cases and case rate 420
  • Iford - 32 cases and case rate 427
  • Ferndown Town - 35 cases and case rate 435
  • Colehill - 24 cases and case rate 411.9
  • Townsend and Strouden - 27 cases and case rate 415.7
  • Moordown - 44 cases and case rate 546.9
  • Queens Park - 37 cases and case rate 427.8
  • Charminster - 37 cases and case rate 455.9
  • Boscombe East - 44 cases and case rate 460.3
  • Boscombe West - 47 cases and case rate 440.9
  • East Cliff - 60 cases and case rate 458.4 
  • Central Bournemouth - 67 cases and case rate 488.6
  • Westbourne - 31 cases and 527.4 case rate
  • Branksome East - 31 cases and 495.6 case rate
  • Branksome West - 33 cases and 437.5 case rate
  • Penn Hill - 41 cases and 405.1 case rate
  • Newtown - 45 cases and 414.4 case rate
  • Canford Heath East - 38 cases and case rate 514.8
  • Poole Town - 52 cases and case rate 435.1
  • Creekmoor - 39 cases and case rate 429.1
  • Corfe Mullen - 47 cases and 458.6 case rate