Deaths and test results

TWO additional deaths have been announced by the York Hospital Trust. One occurred on Thursday and one yesterday. The total number of fatalities at the York and Scarborough hospitals since 1st September has risen to 160.

The latest COVID bed occupancy figures, covering the York Hospital Trust, tend to confirm that there is a delay of around 3 weeks between case numbers increasing and there being a corresponding rise in hospital admissions. The October peak has effectively now passed through the hospital system while the post Christmas spike will not yet have had a major impact.

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT (168) additional positive test results announced today. Brings cumulative total to 7572.

The case rate /100k population figure is now 321.92. It is set to rise to at least 450.12 over the next few days.

The infection rate is now higher in the City than was seen at the peaks of either the first or of the second wave of the pandemic

The latest confirmed figures also reveal that 27 of the infections were found in people aged over 60. That is also a record high.

The infection rate continues to increase in most parts of York. It is particularly high in the Woodthorpe/Acomb Park neighbourhood.

There was a modest reduction in cases reported at a national level. The g=figures continue to creep up at both county and regional levels.