The North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum met today to brief the media (03 March 2021).
- Infection rates and hospital in-patient cases continue to reduce
- Weekending 13 March 2021, for England 0.29% have Covid (1 in 340 people) – ONS data comparison An estimated 568,100 people had COVID-19 England between 17 and 23 October 2020
- Government agenda remains focused on lockdown compliance and take-up of vaccine
- No peaks attributed to the return to schools
7 day infection rate/ 100,000 (week to 19 March 2021)
- England Average – 55.7 (was 56.8)
- North Yorkshire – 44 (was 46)
- Scarborough – 34 (was 30.3)
- Craven – 29.8 (was 36.8)
- Selby – 68.4 (was 60.7)
- Harrogate – 47.9 (was 37.9)
- Richmond – 55.8 (was 93.1)
- Ryedale – 39.7 (was 37.8)
- Hambleton – 29.5 (was 50.2)
Previous figure is from a week ago, the figure in brackets
Hospital cases
A total of 69 Covid-19 across all North Yorkshire Hospitals with 17 of those cases in ICU
- Harrogate – 6
- Scarborough – 4
- York – 19
- South Tees – 40
- Darlington – 12
- Airedale – 10
Latest enforcement data – Update not given
Testing
PCR testing capacity remains good
Schools
- School attendance 92% attendance
- 95% at Primary Schools
- 90% at Secondary Schools
- 85% Special schools
- 6,0000 , 97% in early years settings
Care Homes – Update not given.
