COVID-19: Wiltshire cases on the rise but stay below national average
There's been an increase in education settings as well
The latest data has shown there has been an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in Wiltshire.
In the seven days to June 16th there were 222 cases recorded, up by 80 on the previous week.
That gives the county a rate per 100,000 people of 44.4.
That's below the national average of 89.9.
Meanwhile, the latest numbers of the Delta variant, which originated in India, are released once a week.
On Friday (18th June), Public Health England confirmed there have been 126 cases in the county.
WHAT'S THE SITUATION IN SCHOOLS?
As of last night (Monday 21st June), there were 23 unique educational settings with a positive Covid-19 case, which could mean anything from childminders to secondary schools.
There's a total of 62 cases across those settings.
However, Public Health Wiltshire Director Kate Blackburn says that was to be expected:
"We knew that after half term we would see an increase because half term has always been that opportunity for families to meet and we know the more people you're seeing outside of your normal household bubble, the more likely it is there will be a spread of infection. We're not yet seeing schools driving the transmission but that's because we always take a really comprehensive risk assessment when we're reviewing positive cases in our schools so if we cannot be assured that children in a bubble have not been in contact with each other during break times or lunch times, the advice will be to self isolate and it's in that way that we've been able to keep the transmission out of the majority of Wiltshire's school as much as possible."
You can see the full latest data by going to the gov.uk website.