Deaths
FIVE (5 ) additional deaths recorded by the York Hospital Trust today. One occurred on Wednesday, one on Thursday and three on Friday. The cumulative death toll since 1st September at the York and Scarborough hospitals is now 204.
The current average death toll lies between 3 and 4 cases per day and is rising.
Test Results
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT (108) additional positive test results announced today
COVID case numbers top 10,000 milestone in York as total hits 10,054
Infection case rate continues to fall.
The current figure is 550.78 /100k population. It is set to fall below 450 on Tuesday on current trends.
The rate now seems to be falling as steeply as it was rising a couple of weeks ago
NB. The highest figure recorded, during the Autumn second wave, was 444.9 on 16th October 2020.
By 16th January 19,154 “lateral flow” tests had been completed in the City. Around 700 a day are currently being undertaken.
PCR (lab based) test numbers are currently averaging around 1200 per day.
Neighbourhoods
The majority of areas are now showing a declining infection rate
Hospital
Vaccinations
3,857,266 people in the UK have now received their first COVID vaccination.
No sign of any activity at the vaccination centre on Moor Lane today. However, according to the media, it will open as a regional hub tomorrow (Monday).
Since December 2020 residents within the City of York have been invited by their GP practice to have their vaccination at the Askham Bar site. The new extension to the vaccination centre, which will give vaccinations to people within a 45 minute drive, will operate in addition to the GP-led vaccination service. York residents will continue to receive their vaccinations in line with the Government’s priority groups.
Both services will be managed by a collaboration of local GPs called Nimbuscare which has already been running the Local Vaccination Service from the site since before Christmas, on behalf of 11 York GP Practices. The site is also used as a flu vaccination site which Nimbuscare opened in October.
The NHS Vaccination Centre will be capable of delivering thousands of jabs each day. York people will continue to be vaccinated at the site.
This is NOT a drive-through site. People will be asked to park before being directed to go inside one of the new Vaccination Centre buildings.
What’s new?
The current five Vale of York Local Vaccination Services will now be strengthened by the opening of the Vaccination Centre to cover a wider area – available for people living within a 45-minute radius of the York site.