Deaths and test results

ONE further death at York Hospital Trust announced today. It occurred on Thursday. The total death toll, at York and Scarborough hospitals, is now 40 since second COVID wave hit the area in late in September.

45 (FOURTY FIVE) additional positive test results were announced today.

Unfortunately the infection trend now is upwards in parts of the City with several neighbourhoods now above the national average. These are Heslington, Holgate East, South Bank and Wigginton.

Following a spike, the largest number of cases can now be found in the Fulford Road/Clementhorpe area.

On a more positive note, Osbaldwick now has the lowest number of cases recorded in any York neighbourhood since the beginning of October.