FOI request (FOIR-314717124)

Positive COVID-19 case prior to 23/3/20

Requested Wed 10 March 2021
Responded Thu 25 March 2021

I Wonder if you can help me. I have 2 shops in St Leonards and are currently pursuing a Business Interruption Insurance claim for closure of my shops due to COVID-19.

The Insurance Company however have requested that there must be a record of one COVID-19 positive case prior to first Lockdown on 23/3/20 before they will look any further with my Claim.

Are you able to point me in the right direction as to where I may obtain this information?

Response

Hastings Borough Council holds no information in respect of this request.

You can obtain this information from the government COVID-19 data dashboard under Cases - figures are available at various levels - national, regional or local authority level so it depends what is required - https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

This is the link for Hastings specific data - https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases?areaType=ltla&areaName=Hastings