Coronavirus York updates; 13th May 2020

More Council Q & A on line

The Council has issued a media release saying, “Residents are invited to watch and interact with the council’s next live #AskTheLeaders coronavirus question and answer session on City of York Council’s Facebook page on Tuesday 19 May, 5-6pm.

In this, the council’s second live coronavirus question and answer session, special guest Carolyn Frank from the Federation for Small Business will be taking questions regarding support for businesses in the region amidst lockdown restrictions and looking ahead to restarting York’s economy after the crisis”.

Residents can interact with the session by either submitting questions in advance by emailing them to YourQuestions@york.gov.uk or commenting on the live video on Facebook where leaders will read out questions and respond.* Questions may be answered by theme rather than individually so that the conversation covers as many topics as possible.

New regulations prompt lifestyle reboot?

The revised lock-down restrictions introduced from today do seem to have had an impact.

The rural roads in west York are noticeably busier.

The Pike Hills golf course car was full at lunchtime although most players seemed to be moving around as singles

Pike Hills golf course

Deaths

FIVE more people with coronavirus have died at hospitals within the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The further five deaths takes the total within the trust to 185.

Care home deaths from the virus were 62 per cent of all deaths from the virus in York in the week ending May 1. In total, 31 people died from the virus up to May 1 in York care homes.

Coronavirus York updates: 16th April 2020

Death toll increases in York

SEVEN more people with coronavirus have died at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust sites. The deaths – the biggest daily rise since the outbreak started –  bring the total number of coronavirus related deaths within the trust to 57 – compared to 50 yesterday. The trust includes York Hospital and Scarborough Hospital.

Coronavirus updates for York – 5th April 2020

Three more deaths at York hospitals

A FURTHER three patients with coronavirus have died at York NHS Trust hospitals, taking the total number of such deaths to 20. York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has two major hospitals treating patients with Covid-19 – York and Scarborough – and it revealed yesterday that 12 had died at York and five at Scarborough.

New figures reveal 1.2% increase in York population last year


Figures released this week by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveal that York’s population rose from 204,439 to 206,856 between mid 2014 and mid 2015.

This represented an increase of 2417 persons (1.2%)

Most of the increase was due to younger people, aged between 18 and 3, moving into the City. They accounted for 1431 of the total.  This is unsurprising given the expansion in higher education that there has been in the City in recent years.

More significant may be the make-up of any change.

High growth predictions for the City have so far been based on a widening gap between the number of births and deaths in the City. Although that trend continues, the gap between the two has narrowed (1993 births against 1848 deaths last year).

UK population changeAs the graph (left) shows this new trend towards lower birth rates is also reflected elsewhere in the UK. 

There were 637 (net) migrants arriving in York from other parts of the UK.  

The biggest growth component were migrants from other parts of the world (1,643 net). Many of these were students.

In some towns, including Harrogate and Scarborough, the population actually reduced last year  

It would be wrong to read too much into a single year’s figures. But, with the additional uncertainties about the country’s capacity for economic growth in the wake of the EU referendum result, the York Council might be wise to take a more cautious view about expansion than is currently displayed in its draft Local Plan.

The figures do however confirm that – with unemployment levels at an historic low in York – higher economic growth can only be achieved if many of the new jobs are taken up by migrate workers

Population growth in York