COVID-19 case rate up in Calderdale but signs of stabilisation
The Council has urged people to be vigilant and keep following safety guidance.
The positive COVID-19 case rate in Calderdale remains serious, with an increase in figures over the last week.
Calderdale Council’s Direct of Public Health, Debs Harkins, has urged people to be vigilant and keep following safety guidance, although there are signs case numbers were beginning to stabilise.
NHS Digital data from November 1 to November 7, Calderdale had a COVID-19 case rate of 433.2 per 100,000 with 916 current cases.
In the previous period the rate was 399.1 per 100,000.
The November 1-November 7 figures show a decrease in triages – the number of calls from people who think they may have coronavirus to the various NHS lines – with 288, a triage rate of 136 per 100,000, a small two per cent drop on the previous period.
The Government’s figures show the number of positive cases in each area in Calderdale for the seven days before November 4.
Todmorden West and Cornholme, 40; Todmorden East and Walsden, 33; Hebden Bridge, 20; Mytholmroyd and Cragg Vale, 40; Ripponden, Rishworth and Barkisland, 30; Greetland and Stainland, 50; Elland, 46; Rastrick West, 44; Rastrick East, 17;
Brighouse, 32; Clifton and Bailiff Bridge, 31; Hipperholme, 39; Northowram and Shelf, 60; Central Halifax and Boothtown, 33; Sowerby Bridge, 42; Sowerby and Luddenden Foot, 15; Norton Tower and Mount Tabor, 34; Savile Park, 30; Skircoat Green, 19; Southowram and Siddal, 44; Pellon East, 37; Pellon West and Highroad Well, 29; King Cross, 38; Wheatley and Ovenden West, 21; Ovenden East, 17; Mixenden, 24; and Illingworth and Ogden, 20.
The Government figures by local area are classed as Middle Super Output Areas – each has an average population of around 7,200.