Deaths and test results

No additional deaths were recorded by the York Hospital Trust today.

FORTY SEVEN (47) additional positive test results were announced today. Brings the cumulative total up to 6166

The rate /100k population has reached 93.6. Is likely to exceed 100 when tomorrow’s figures are confirmed.

The first wave peak was 96.9 on 5th May.

The second wave peaked at 441 on 15th October.

Infection rates are continuing to rise across most of the City. Only the Clifton North area has fewer than 3 cases

Visitors from Tier 3 areas fined

Supt Mike Walker has told a North Yorkshire resilience forum that 18 fines had been issued by North Yorkshire Police at the weekend to Tier 2 residents and 56 to visitors from Tier 3 areas. He said the big problem had primarily been people gathering indoors, in pubs and houses, where the virus could spread.

Hospitals

The number of Covid patients at York Hospital has risen by 11 in the past week. The hospital currently has 46 patients with the coronavirus, Harrogate Hospital has 14 – down from 21 – and Scarborough has 36, down by two.

Incidence nationwide

Thanks to COVID-19 Tier Map — Election Maps UK we can now see how positive test results are clustered.