Coronavirus York updates; 15th April 2021

Deaths

No additional hospital deaths have been announced today

Test results

5 additional positive test results today. Brings the cumulative total up to 12,174

Two additional cases, which increases the total for the City from 21 yesterday to 23 today.

The rate /100k population rises to 10.9. This is still well below the county (22.7), regional (61.2) and national (28.0) averages.

Infection rates are generally stable but the downward trend seen recently has not been sustained in recent days.

The infection rate in North Yorkshire has edged up in recent days

Neighbourhoods

Still only 2 neighbourhoods with an infection rate above the national average.

Vaccinations

53.9% of York residents have now received their first dose of vaccine.

13.7% have also received their second dose

Tests

3889 PCR tests were carried out during the week ending 10th April 2021

Of these, 0.5% were positive. That compares to a positivity rate of 0.6% on the previous day.

3987 “lateral flow” tests were also conducted on 14th April.

Hospitals