Coronavirus York updates; 1st June 2021

Deaths and hospital patients

No further hospital deaths have been announced. The last occurred on 20th April.

However, the number of COVID-19 patients being cared for by the York Hospital Trust has edged up today to two .

Test results

Only two positive test results have been announced today. The cumulative total is now 12,424

The number of cases in the City has increased from 40 to 46.

The rate /100k population has risen to 21.84. It is now trending to peak at 26.6 on Friday.

Neighbourhoods

There are now 7 neighbourhoods with 3 or more cases in each

Vaccinations

  • 68% of York adult residents have now had their first vaccination.
  • 44.7% have also had their second jab

Tests

  • 4689 PCR tests were carried out during the week ending 27th May.
  • Of these, 0.9% were found to be positive. That is an increase on the 0.7% positives found during the previous period. (NB. the 0.9% positivity rate is the highest found in the City since 26th April)
  • In addition, 1822 “lateral flow” tests were conducted on 31st May.

Lockdown 4?

There has been speculation that the spike that we are currently seeing in case numbers may lead to further restrictions.

It is important to note that there are differences between the increase in case numbers that we saw in the lead up to Christmas and the current position.

The vaccination programme is now well advanced, hospital patient numbers are very low and there have been no COVID-19 deaths recorded for over a month.

Call for Chapelfields clean up

Seems that weed growth is getting out of hand again this summer in the Chapelfields estate. We’ve asked for better street cleaning in the estate.

Meanwhile mystery still surrounds the future of the Sanderson House community centre on Bramham Road. The running of the centre was taken over by the Council last year but there is little evidence that activities with a wide appeal will restart there anytime soon.

If any estate would benefit from an active residents association then it is surely Chapelfields. We hope the authorities will provide the necessary support to make this a reality again.