TEST Valley is likely to no longer be a coronavirus 'hotspot' in February, a model by university scientists suggests.

According to experts at Imperial College London, the borough has a 34 percent chance of recording more than 200 cases per week by February 7.

Currently, the area has an 84 per cent possibility of documenting more than 200 cases over seven days.

The map categorises areas as ‘hotspots’ if they have between a 75 per cent and 100 per cent chance of recording more than 50, 100, 200, 300 or 500 cases per week.

The probability of Test Valley recording more than 100 cases by January 30 is 92 percent.

But, the situation could be moving in the right direction for the local authority as the map predicts there is a 74 per cent chance of the area seeing more than 100 cases by February 6.

In Southampton, the city has a 55 per cent chance of documenting more than 200 cases per week, meaning it would cease to be a Covid 'hotspot'.

At the moment, the local authority has a 99 per cent possibility of recording more than 200 cases over seven days.