Deaths and test results

There have been an additional ONE HUNDRED & NINE positive test results announced today bringing the cumulative total to 1507.

As revealed yesterday, the government web site admitted that it had not included all positive test results recorded over the last 10 days. It is now retrospectively adding in the figures to those previously announced.

The revised figures mean that, with 51 positive test results now announced, Monday 28th September had the highest number of new cases recorded since the pandemic started.

The second wave of cases is now increasing quicker than the rate we saw in the spring. However, there have been more tests carried out in recent weeks. and mass testing only started at the beginning of May.

Nevertheless there will be concerns that decisions taken in recent days, about the scale and nature of the response required, may have been based on incomplete and inaccurate data. It seems inevitable now that the restrictions on inter household contacts, introduced in parts of the North East a last week, will be extended to York.

There have been no additional hospital deaths

The worst affected neighbourhood during the last 7 days has been Poppleton/Rufforth/Askhams.

No additional information has been provided on the characteristics of the positive cases (and their contacts). Consequently the linkages between the cases are not widely understood.

There has been no update on hospital bed capacity and use.