Health Chief Alistair Hill said Covid-19 deaths are at their highest in Brighton even as cases start to fall DEATHS from Covid-19 are currently at their highest in Brighton and Hove and are likely to remain high over the next few weeks. The news came as the city’s director of public health Alistair Hill said the number of cases, dated from a positive test, is coming down across the city. But the lag from cases to deaths means it will still be some time before they also start to fall. Data presented to Brighton and Hove City Councils Health and Wellbeing Board on Tuesday 26 January, showed cases peaked from late March to early May, and again from mid-December to 15 January.